Improvements in Foot Rests for Cycles.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Dec., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 17th Aug., 1899-Accepted, 21st Oct., 1899
I, ARTHUR BENJAMIN CRUICKSHANK, of 62, Chancery Lane, in the County of
London, Mine Proprietor, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:
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The object of this invention is to provide cycles with firm and strong foot rests
which will allow the rider while using them to assume a safe, easy and com-
fortable position so that the feet may be placed nearer the ground, nearer the
pedals, and more directly underneath the body of the rider, than with ordinary
foot rests, thus keeping the centre of gravity of the body lower down and lessen-
ing the danger of an upset, while coasting down rough hills and making it much
easier to regain the pedals, thereby diminishing the liability to accidents.
For this purpose
I construct each foot rest with a pair of stays one of which
being the upper, or tension stay and the other being the lower or compression
stay, the free ends of these stays are bolted or clipped or otherwise secured onto
the front forks of the machine and they each backwards from the forks towards
the rider and towards each other until the other ends unite and at or near their
Junction they support the bar, plate, or other projection, on which the foot of the
rider 18 placed, such bar, plate, or projection being at right angles to the said
stays
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Improvements in Foot Rests for Cycles.
I, ARTHUR BENJAMIN CRUICKSHANK, of 62, Chancery Lane, in the County of
London, Mine Proprietor, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement, reference being had to the, accompany-
ing drawings and to the letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say:-
My invention relates to foot rests for cycles, and it has for its object to pro-
vide firm and strong rests which will allow the 1ider, while using them, to
assume a safe, easy, and comfortable position, so that the feet may be placed
nearer the ground, nearer the pedals, and more directly underneath the body
of the rider, than with ordinary foot rests. By means of my invention, the
centre of gravity of the body is kept lower down, and the danger of an upset,
when "coasting" down rough hills, is lessened, while, at the same time, it is
made much easier for the rider to regain the pedals, so diminishing liability to
accident

page_text: For these purposes, I construct, each foot rest with a pair of stays, forming
a bracket, the upper of which stays constitutes a tension stay, and the lower the
compression stay. The free ends of these stays are bolted, clamped, or other-
Wise secured to the blades of the front fork of the machine. The said stays
extend backwards from the fork towards the rider, and towards each other until
they unite, and at or near their junction, and at right angles to said stays, is
fixed the bar, plate, or other projection forming the foot rest proper.
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And in order that my invention may be readily understood, I will describe the
same fully, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which,
Fig. 1 is a side view,
Fig. 2 a plan, and
Fig 3 an end view of my improved foot-rest.
Fig. 4 shews, in perspective, the application of my said foot-rests to a cycle
fork.
Both foot-rests being identical it is only necessary to describe one of them.
418 the foot-1est proper (of the usual or other suitable form) which 18 brazed
or otherwise secured at right angles to a pair of stays b, b¹, and projects outwardly
therefrom to receive the foot of the cyclist. These stays form a rearwardly
extending bracket which may conveniently be of horse-shoe or stirrup form, the
upper one being the tension stay, and the lower one b¹ the compression stay.
Said bracket is adapted to be secured to the corresponding blade c of the front
fork. Near their free ends, the said stays are curved or arched as at so as
to better adapt themselves to the shape of the blade to which they are to be fixed.
Detachable short straps, bars, or plates d, d', also of a correspondingly curved
ot arched form, are applied to the opposite side of the blade, and by means of
bolts and nuts e, or other appropriate means, are connected to the free ends of
the stays, so that on the nuts being screwed down, the straps and stays are drawn
tightly together and the foot-rest securely clamped to the cycle.
It will be obvious that, by raising, or lowering, the foot rests along the blades
of the front fork, they can be adjusted to suit the cyclist.
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 18-
1. A foot rest for cycles, comprising a pair of stays or arms forming a rear-
wardly extending bracket, the upper stay constituting the tension stay and the
lower the compression stay, a foot-rest proper at the junction of said stays, and
means for securing the said rest to the cycle, substantially as described
2. My improved foot rest for cycles, substantially as herein before described
and shewn in the annexed drawings, and for the purposes set forth.
Dated this 17th day of August 1889.
ERNEST DE PASS,
Chartered Patent Agent,
78, Fleet Street, London, & 5A, Market Street, Nottingham,
Agent for the Applicant.