Improvements in Seat or Saddle Supports for Cycles and other Vehicles.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 9th May, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 9th Feb., 1897-Accepted, 8th May, 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Seat or Saddle Supports for Cycles and other
Vehicles.
I, EDMOND JOSEPH BYRNE Fennis court Bagnalstown Co. Carlow Civil
Servant, do bereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The support of the seat or saddle to be adjusted to or on a slide; beneath or
below or above this slide the said support of seat or saddle to be suspended from
an upper part, or any part, of the conveyance (bicycle tricycle or carriage) (a) by
means of suspensory cord or chain with springs or without springs, or with elastic
substance, or with pulleys or without pulleys; (6) or the suspension may be by
means of springs or elastic substance without suspensory cord or chain, or with
suspensory cord or chain only.
METHOD OF APPLICATION OF THE PRINCIPLE OF SUSPENSION TO THE
SUPPORTS OF SEATS OR SADDLES ON BICYCLES, TRICYCLES, CARS
CARRIAGES AND THE LIKE.
A tube C. slides freely within another and fixed tube D: Attached to the further
extremity of the tube C is a double bracket E. the arms of which bracket pass
through slots S. in the outer tube-such slots being wide enough to allow of the
free movement of the tube C and bracket E. Attached to each of the arms of
the double bracket E is a spring F of elastic material which may be attached to
points of suspension G. H. by adjustable hooks and to the bracket E as shown.
The movement of the seat or saddle I. is controlled by the length of the slots S
and the tension of the elastic material.
Dated this 8th day of May 1896.
EDMOND JOSEPH BYRNE,
Applicant.
Improvements in Seat or Saddle Supports for Cycles and other
Vehicles.
I, EDMOND JOSEPH BYRNE, Civil Servant, of Fenniscourt, Bagnalstown, in
the County of Carlow, Ireland, 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 for improvements in seat or saddle supports for cycles and other
vehicles, has for its object to directly and adjustably suspend the support from the
frame of the vehicle without the use of intermediate connections, and consists of
a tube forming a rigid part of the frame of the vehicle; of a saddle pin or piliar
guided and sliding freely in the tube; of a cross bar fixed as shown to the saddle

page_text: pillar and passing freely through slots in the frame tube; of a spring or springs
suspending the saddle pin or pillar in its guides from the said frame; and of a
means for adjusting the spring or springs relatively to the weight of the rider.
The cross bar above referred to serves the double purpose of preventing the
saddle pillar from turning in the frame tube, and at the same time affording
means of suspending directly the weight of the rider from one or
springs.
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As shown in the accompanying drawings the invention can be fitted to existing
cycles without altering their usual construction.
Fig. 1 is a sectional view showing this invention applied to an ordinary safety
bicycle, and
Fig. 2 shows a slight modification suitable especially for a lady's bicycle.
The saddle pillar o, provided with the usual T or L-head to which the saddle is
attached, is lengthened, and fits loosely in the diagonal frame tube d, and is guided
by means of a cross bar e fixed thereto and which passes freely through slots s in
the frame tube d. The slots are made long enough to allow of the adjustment of
the pillar and also of its spring motion under the weight of the rider in use.
A collar is fixed on the tube d just above the slots, and a rubber or elastic ring m
surrounds the tube d just below the collar.
Springs suspended from the points g h of the bicycle frame by means of the
swivel straining devices k are connected at their lower ends to the cross bare, and
are adjusted by means of the straining devices k. The ring m limits the upward
motion of the seat pillar and prevents the cross bar e from knocking against the
upper ends of the slots s. Tension may be put on the springs to suit the weight
of the rider, and to limit alteration in the distance between the seat and the pedals
to the amount of alteration which may result from the use of an ordinary spring
cycle saddle.
By this improved support the jolting imparted to the rider is considerably
lessened, and the strain on the machine due to vibration reduced.
For a lady's cycle, or where there is a lesser amount of weight to be supported a
single spring, and a single bracket e only are necessary, both of which are shown
placed at the back of the upright frame tube.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed 1 declare that what I
claim is
1. A seat or saddle support for cycles or other vehicles consisting of a tube
forming a rigid part of the frame of the vehicle, a lengthened saddle pin or pillar
guided and sliding freely in the tube, a cross bar attached as shown to the pillar
and passing through slots in the tube, of a spring or springs suspending the saddle
pin or pillar in its guides from the said frame, and of a means for suitably adjusting
the spring or springs having regard to the weight and preference of the rider.
2. A seat or saddle support for cycles or other vehicles consisting of a tube
forming a rigid part of the frame of the vehicle, a saddle pin or pillar guided and
sliding freely in the tube of the vehicle, of a cross bar attached as shown to the
pillar and passing through slots in the tube, of a spring or springs suspending the
saddle pin or pillar in its guides from the said frame, of means for suitably
adjusting the springs having regard to the weight and preference of the rider, and
of a means for limiting the upward motion of the seat pillar.
3. The improvements in seat or saddle supports for cycles and other vehicles
substantially as described with reference to the drawings.
Dated this 9th day of February 1897
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.