Improvement in Cycle Saddles.
Year: 1896

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in Cycle Saddles.
CAROLINE CREYKE Mrs. WALTER CREYKE 3 Seamore Place Mayfair London W.
Gentlewoman do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This saddle is composed of a metal framework (with peak) resting either on
metal springs or indiarubber cushions.
The seat is of wire net work covered with perforated india rubber, yielding most
down the centre and over the peak.
This is covered with felt, or other suitable material; and again with perforated
leather.
Improvement in Cycle Saddles.
I CAROLINE CREYKE of 3 Seamore Place, Mayfair, London W. Married Lady do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement :-
This invention relates to improvements in saddles for bicycles, tricycles and the
like and has for object to provide a new or improved saddle for the use of ladies as
well as gentlemen, combining simplicity of construction, great durability and a high
degree of resiliency, the nature of the various component parts and their connection
with each other assuring the attainment of the said objects, without in any way
interfering with the comfort of the rider.
In order to make my invention more readily understood I have hereunto attached
a sheet of drawings in which Fig. 1 is a side view of my new or improved saddle,
shown in section and Figs. 2 and 3 illustrated details hereinafter more fully
described.
The saddle A, Fig. 1 may be supported by a suitable spring, combination of
springs or the like, and be secured to the saddle pin by means of a clamp or other
convenient device. The saddle proper essentially consists of frame a (Figs. 1 and 2),
made of steel or other suitable metal or substance shaped in accordance with
requirements and covered with wire or cane netting or the like, pad b (Figs. 1 and 3)
made of rubber of a suitable degree of softness and resiliency and perforated with
conveniently shaped and distributed apertures and cover c.
The rubber pad b rests on the wire or other netting stretched on frame a and
corresponds as regards size and configuration exactly or nearly so to the size and

page_text: shape of said frame, the perforations being distributed in such manner and so
determined in size as to render the pad very pliable and adapted to yield to the
weight of the rider, that is to say, the perforations are placed closer together and
are made of larger size in places where greater softness is desired than where more
firmness is required.
The cover c adapted to cover the whole of the saddle, is preferably made of
strong leather and suitably shaped to overlap the pad b and frame a in a downward
direction for the purpose of admitting of being secured to the frame a by means of
straps and buckles or in other suitable fashion. The said cover may be provided
with a convenient system of perforations and the part, covering the peak of the
saddle may be of thinner substance than the remainder. Between frame a and pad b
and again between pad b and cover c layers of felt or other suitable material may
be provided and be either cemented or otherwise secured in place and also perforated
as required. It is obvious that, the air having free access to all parts of the saddle
this will keep perfectly cool, the degree of resiliency remaining continuously the
same, and there being no complicated arrangements of springs or pneumatic cushions,
the new or improved saddle is calculated to prove very comfortable to the rider and
of great durability, none of the component parts being liable to wear and tear.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
A new or improved saddle for bicycles tricycles and the like essentially consisting
of frame a pad b and cover c said parts being arranged and designed substantially
as and for the purpose hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings: