Improved Luggage Carrier or Support for Use in connection with Cycles.
Year: 1896

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Luggage Carrier or Support for Use in connection with
Cycles.
J, FRANK WILLIAM GUNTON, of 13 Pinfold Road, Streatham, in the County
of London, Cycle Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
The carriers heretofore employed in connection with cycles have generally been
of such construction as to render them difficult of attachment and detachment,
whilst they are further incapable of adjustment to suit the weight of the article or
articles they are in each particular case required to support.
To overcome these objectionable features I construct a carrier of two
approximately L-shaped pieces of sheet metal, or other material, and these I
connect together by thumb screws or equivalent means so that the shorter arm of
one overlaps that of the other and the two when so connected form a U-shaped
framë.
These overlapping arms I so bend as to form one or more circular openings
between them, so that by placing one of the arms on each side of one or more of
the tubes of a cycle frame and then connecting them, the U frame may be firmly
secured in position.
To each of the free ends of the U frame so formed 1 secure a C or equivalent
spring piece, and to the free ends of these two spring pieces I connect the edges
of a platform by straps or other flexible connections adjustable in length.
These connections between the platform and the springs being flexible permit
of the two pieces of the U frame being brought to embrace or release the cycle
frame, whilst such connections being adjustable in length, the tension of the springs
may be increased or diminished to adapt the carrier to the weight of the particular
article or articles it is to carry.
The connections between the springs and the L-shaped pieces may be adjustable
when required, thus permitting of the platform being tilted when the U frame is
connected to an inclined part of the cycle fratne.
CASTLE SMITH,
"Invention" Office, Mitre Court, Fleet Street, London, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicant..

page_text: Improved Luggage Carrier or Support for Use in connection with
Cycles.
I, FRANK WILLIAM GUNTON, of 13 Pinfold Road, Streatham, in the County
of London, Cycle Manufacturer, 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 :-
The carriers heretofore employed in connection with cycles have generally been
of such construction as to render them difficult of attachment and detachment,
whilst they are further incapable of adjustment to suit the weight of the article or
articles they are in each particular case required to support.
To overcome these objectionable features I construct a carrier of two
approximately L-shaped pieces of sheet metal, or other material, and these I
connect together by thumb screws or equivalent means so that the shorter arm of
one overlaps that of the other and the two when so connected form a U-shaped
frame.
These overlapping arms I so bend as to form one or more circular openings
between them, so that by placing one of the arms on each side of one or more of
the tubes of a cycle frame and then connecting them, the U frame may be firmly
secured in position.
To each of the free ends of the U frame so formed I secure a C or equivalent
spring piece, and to the free ends of these two spring pieces I connect the edges of
a platform by straps or other flexible connections adjustable in length.
In order that my invention may be better understood and carried into practical
effect I will describe the same by the aid of the accompanying drawings of
which Fig. 1 is a plan; Fig. 2 a side elevation, and Fig. 3 an enlarged detail of
the carrier.
This carrier is constructed of two approximately L-shaped pieces a of sheet metal
or other material, the shorter ends of which may be arranged to overlap one
another and be so secured together by thumb screws 6 or other means, and so
shaped that they may receive between them the part to which the carrier is to be
secured.
To the free end of each of the longer arms of these L pieces a a spring c is
secured, preferably by forming on said arms a boss having in its face a groove d
(Fig. 3) corresponding to the shape of the middle portion of spring and into which
the latter is forced and held by a bolt and washer.
The ends of the two springs c so secured to the two L pieces a are attached to
the edges of a platform or frame e by straps for other flexible couplings adjustable
in length, and this platform or frame may be provided with an upper adjustable
portion consisting of two or more pairs of slotted slides a secured thereto by bolts
and butterfly nuts h.
g
The connections between the platform and the springs being flexible permit of
the two pieces being separated and then brought to embrace or release the cycle
frame or other part to which the carrier is to be attached, whilst the connections
between the springs and platform, being adjustable in length, the tension of the
springs may be increased or diminished to adapt the carrier to the weight of the
particular article or articles it is to carry.
The connections between the springs and the L-shaped pieces may be adjustable

page_text: when required, thus permitting of the platform being tilted when the U frame
formed of the L pieces a is connected to an inclined part of the cycle frame or
other part.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
(1.) A luggage carrier constructed substantially as described and illustrated in
the accompanying drawings.
(2.) In a luggage carrier the means for securing such carrier in position
consisting of two pieces a arranged and constructed substantially as described by
the accompanying drawings.
Dated thin 1nt dan of Tan 1007
CASTLE SMITH,
"Invention" Office, Mitre Court, Fleet Street, London, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.