Improvements in Bicycle-supports.
Year: 1893

page_text: [Communicated from abroad by AUGUST BECK, of the United States of
America.]
Improvements in Bicycle-supports.
I, WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine Lake & Co. Patent
Agents, 45 Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, 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 a novel construction of a bicycle support, the object
being to provide a bicycle support that will support the bicycle in a rigid manner
and will at the same time be small and light, and which, when not in use, will not
interfere with the rider, nor be clumsy or unsightly.
The invention consists in the features of construction and the combinations of
parts hereinafter fully described and specifically claimed.
In the accompanying drawing illustrating this invention,―
Figure 1 is a side elevation of a safety bicycle provided with a support constructed
in accordance with my invention.
Fig. 2 is a rear end elevation of the same in the position it will assume when
supported by the device.
Figs. 3 and 4 are detail views of the support.
Figs. 5 and 6 are fragmentary detail views.
Referring now to said drawing, A indicates a safety bicycle of ordinary
construction. The improved bicycle support consists essentially of the bar B.
This bar B is bent at one end at about right angles to the length of the bar, as
shown at 1, and this bent end 1 is pivoted to a plate 2 that has an opening 3 at its
other end portion which slips over the axle of the bicycle. This plate 2 is rigidly
secured to the axle of the bicycle by a nut or otherwise, and when so secured the
bent end or pivot 1 of the bar is located a little inclined, so that when the bar is
swung downwardly on its pivot it will stand about vertical, by reason of the fact
that the bent end 1 is a little more than a right angle to the bar B. When the
said bar is thrown downwardly on its pivot it will obviously support the bicycle in
an upright position by inclining the bicycle slightly, as shown in Fig. 2, with the
bar Presting on the ground.
When the support or bar B is not in use it is swung upwardly on its pivot, and I
have provided for devices for securing it to one of the brace bars 4 of the bicycle
frame. The free end of the bar B is bent spirally so that it has a compound curve,
as illustrated in the drawing, and the location of its pivot is so arranged with
relation to the brace bar that when the bar is swung upwardly it will lie close to
said brace bar, but the extreme end of the spirally bent portion will strike against
the outer face of this brace bar. The said bar, however, possesses sufficient
elasticity to permit it to be easily pressed to one side, so that the spirally bent end
will slip behind the said brace bar 4. I have shown in the drawing the manner
in which the supporting bar B is held to the brace bar, and it will be understood
that although the force required to bend it around the brace bar, or to disengage it
therefrom, is slight, yet it will be firmly held in place under all circumstances.
It will be understood that said bicycle support can be applied to various forms of
velocipedes by suitable mechanical changes.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me by
my foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. The combination with a velocipede, of a supporting bar pivoted thereto, and
provided with a bent or deflected end for engaging the frame of the velocipede,
substantially as described.
2. The combination with a velocipede, of a braced supporting bar pivoted thereto
and provided with a spirally bent or deflected end to engage the frame of the
velocipede, substantially as described.
3. The combination with a plate 2 rigidly secured to the axle of a velocipede, of
a supporting bar B pivoted to said plate 2 and having a bent or deflected end to
engage the frame of the velocipede, substantially as described.
4. The combination with a velocipede having a brace bar 4, of a supporting bar
pivoted to said velocipede and having a bent or deflected end located to engage
said brace bar, said bent or deflected end of the supporting bar being so arranged
that when it is swung towards said brace bar it will engage the outer face of the
same, substantially as described.
Dated this 10th dox of Santamber 1802
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.