Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Nov., 1896-Accepted, 9th Jan., 1897
I, WILLIAM UNETT COATES Hill Vicarage Falfield Gloucestershire Clerk in
Holy Orders 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 object of this invention is to improve upon a bicycle rest for which I made
an application for a patent, which is numbered 23747-26 Oct. 1896.
There are two chief improvements which are new. 1st. The rest with two legs
will support a bicycle in an upright position. 2nd. The rest with one leg only will
support a bicycle in an inclined position.
It is necessary in the first place-when using the rest-to put the break on and
clamp it, to prevent the bicycle from moving forward.
The rest consists of two principal parts. The pin which is fixed, to the frame of
the bicycle, and the leg or legs which turn on the pin. The legs are made of metal
tube or otherwise. The pin is fixed to the saddle pillar a little lower than, the
saddle.
Fig. 1. shows the outlines of the frame of the bicycle and the positions of the
several parts of the rest-P the pin PDF the leg, when the rest is not in use,
ED the tie, to prevent the leg from slipping, it is fixed to the leg at D and turns
on a pivot at E.
Fig. 2 shows the bicycle in an inclined position supported by the leg PU, which
is kept in position by the tie ED.
Fig. 3. Plan-P the pin which forms the cup, of a cup and ball joint. The
pin is fixed to the saddle pillar M. N. the cover to the cup, to keep the
ball O, the end of the leg-in its place, it is screwed on to the other part of
the cup.
Fig. 8. a section of the pin. P the pin. N the cover to the cup.
Fig. 3. J. a joint, where the straight part of the leg joins the curved part, see
Fig. 9. the two parts RO and LF screw into the collar K.-O. the ball at the
end of the leg fits into the pin P. which is made in the form of a cup. The
cover N is screwed-to the other part of the cup, after the ball O is put into its
place.
Fig. 4. Elevation showing how piu P. with its cup, is screwed on to the saddle
pillar M-Q the screws. O the ball RO, part of the leg.
Fig. 5.-L U the leg-T. the tie fixed to the leg L U at D-the other end of
the tie turns on a pivot d-pivot d is part of the stud S, which is fixed by screws
or otherwise to the frame B C. see Fig. 1.-at E. The pivot d is fixed so as to
point directly to O the end of the leg-see Fig. 3. The bottom part of the leg YU,
telescopes into F D-m, a stud made as a screw, is fixed to Y U, and. passes
through the groove a b,-X, a nut screws on to the stud m, and clamps Y Z in
the required position see Fig. 6. thereby making the leg long or short. The upper
part of the leg, RD must be made to suit the particular bicycle the rest is
intended for.
Fig. 7. The spring, fixed to the rod C P which supports the mud guard-

page_text: If the bicycle is to be supported in an upright position, there must be a second
leg on the other side the wheel, fitted exactly in the same way as the one
described.
When the rest is to be used-the break must be put on and clamped-nut X-
see Figs. 5 and 6-must be unclamped and the leg lengthened, as required and then
clamped again-then the leg is let down till the end of the leg meets the ground-
then the leg on the other side must be treated in the same way, and the bicycle
will stand between the two legs in an upright position. When one leg only is
used, it is not made quite so long, and the bicycle is inclined a little and rests upon
it-see Fig. 2. When the rest is not in use, the leg is shortened by pushing in the
end, it is then turned up into the position P.F. Fig. 1. and pushed into the spring
at which holds it tight.
The break may be clamped in any convenient way according to its make-a strap
of leather or other material round the handle bar, and break handle, when pushed
up, would keep them together, and so clamp the break.
Fig. 1. When the leg is let down for use it goes into the position PDU
D' being the same point as D. when the leg is in position PD F-and D E is
the tie.
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 :-
1st. A bicycle rest constructed as herein described and shown by the drawings,
. standing on two legs, attached to the bicycle a little below the saddle, and which
is capable of supporting a bicycle in an upright position.
2ndly. The construction of a bicycle rest standing on one. leg, which falls into its
place automatically, and will support a bicycle in an inclined position.
November 5th 1896.
W. UNETT COATES,.
Applicant.