Improvements in or connected with Saddles for Bicycles and the like.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Dec, 1898-Accepted, 27th Dec., 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Saddles for Bicycles and the like.
I, PAUL KOEPCKE, Student at Leipzig, Grimmaisohe Strasse 3, in the King-
dom of Saxony, German Empire, 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
My invention relates to improvements in or connected with bicycles and the
like, and the object of my improvements is to provide a simple and efficient
saddle for bicycles and the like which warrants convenient and firm sitting. My
invention consists further in novel features and details of construction and
arrangements of parts whereby advantages in point of taking care of certain
sensible parts of the human body and in point of displaying perfectly the strength
of the feet, as hereinafter fully described and illustrated in the diawing and
finally embodied in the claims
In the accompanying diawing, Figure 1 shows the elevation and section of my
improved saddle, and Figure 2 is a plan of the same Like letters of reference
designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawing. To the upper
aide of a T-shaped elastic support a made from a metallic bar by curving the
same, and fixed to the frame b of the vehicle, at the right and at the left hand
are attached two cups c provided with a curved rim bent inwards and then out-
wards The cushions d made of caoutchouc or the like, are shaped in such &
manner that they can be fastened to the curved m of the cups by means of
pressed air. For this purpose each cup is provided with a pipe f having a valve
(not shown in the drawing), and the cup and its cushion can be filled with com-
pressed air which presses the cushion towards the um of the cup
The cushions have two recesses c. so that the hip-bones can be placed freelv
upon the cushions and cannot be overfatigued The cushions may be covered
with leather or the like for protecting the caoutchouc against wear and tear,
as shown at q in Figure 1
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.
1 In bicycles and the like the combination of the frame, with two cups
attached to the said frame and having curved rims, and two cushions of caout-
chouc or the like fixed to the said curved 11ms of the said cups by pressing air
into the cups and cushions, substantially as and for the purpose stated.
2 In bicycles and the like the combination of the frame, with two cups
attached to the said frame and having curved rims, and two cushions of caout-
chouc or the like provided with recesses and fixed to the said curved 11ms of the
said cups by pissing air into the cups and cushions, substantially as and for
the purpose specified
3. In bicycles and the like the combination of the frame, with two cups
attached to the said frame and having curved rims bent inwards and then out-
waids, and two cushions of caoutchouc or the like fixed to the said curved rim of

page_text: the said cups by pressing air into the said cups and the said cushione
stantially as and for the purpose descubed
4 In bicycles and the like the combination of the frame, with
attached to the said frame and having cui ved ms, two cushions of et
or the like fixed to the said curved m of the said cups by pressing au
said cups and the said cushions, and a cover of leather on or the like
the caoutchouc or the like of the cushions against wear and teal, sub
as and for the purpose specified.
5 In bicycles and the like the combination of the frame, with an e!
fastened to the said fiame, two cups hxed to the said elastic bai an
curved rims and two cushions of caoutchouc on the like attached to
curved 11m of the said cups by pressing air into the said cups and
cushions, substantially as and for the purpose stated.
Leipzig, dated this 10th day of December 1898
EDUARD LOEPF
Agen, 3, Grimmaisohe