Luggage Carrier for Velocipedes.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Aor., 1892-Accepted, 21st May, 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Luggage Carrier for Velocipedes.
I, RICHARD DE WITT PERRY, Superintendent of The Western Automatic
Machine Screw Company, of the City of Elyria, County of Lorain, State of Ohio,
of the United States of America, 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 a device which may be attached to any suitable part of
a velocipede and is adapted to receive and hold any articles the rider may desire to
carry and it consists of certain improved forms and features hereinafter described.
In the accompanying drawings the general form and arrangement of the parts of
my invention are shown but modifications can be made without departing from the
spirit of my invention. In the drawings similar letters refer to similar parts.
Fig. I. shows my invention open and ready for the reception of a package.
Fig. II. shows same folded, partially in broken section.
Fig. III. and IV. shows modifications of my invention in which a spring cover is
employed to secure the bundle in lieu of tying and strapping it.
The clamp by means of which my carrier is secured to a velocipede is made in
three parts as shown in the drawings. The sections a, a, are separated at a point
between where the arms of the frame are attached to same. The section a¹ is
provided with a set screw and all of said sections provided with interlocking hooks.
These sections are so shaped as to embrace any desired support when united.
The sections a, a, are attached to the ends of the main frame b, b, which is
composed of one piece of wire. The shelf portion of my frame c is curved and
nited with the main frame as indicated in the drawings. The main frame is so
curved with the upper portion 61 bent back that when the shelf is closed up it will
stand nearly perpendicular and close to the upright portion of the main frame.
Each of the ends of the shelf are coiled several times around the straight portion bl
of the main frame and terminates in a straight portion which when the shelf is
down bears against the angular portion of the main frame and holds the shelf in
horizontal position and against further downward movement. It will be observed
that in the outer edge of each coil there is a short straight portion of wire c" which
is parallel with the straight portion of the main frame and that when the shelf is
down this portion extends past and bears against the upright side portion of the
main frame and locks the shelf against any tendency to fold up against the main
frame. The wire of the shelf is composed of spring material and so bent as to spring
outwardly and hold the parts in the parts in the locked position shown when the
shelf is down. The straight portion 6' of the main frame are of a length sufficient
to permit the coils of the shelf to slip therealong a sufficient distance when the
sides are sprung in for the purpose of folding the shelf. When I employ straps to
secure the luggage on the carriers they can be arranged as indicated in the drawing
or in any other desired manner. Instead of straps Ď I may use a spring cover E
to rest upon the top of the bundle and hold it on the shelf as shown in the drawings.
This may be of any suitable form but I prefer it of the general style indicated in
the drawing, this permits the cover to accommodate itself to any ordinary sized
bundle.
Having now particularly described the nature of my said invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :
I. A luggage carrier for a velocipede consisting of a clamp divided in front
between the points of attachment of the main frame and said main frame rigidly

page_text: secured to the sections of said clamp, together with the shelf pivotally connected to
the main frame, with means of locking it in a horizontal position as described.
II. In a luggage carrier a clamp and upright wire frame secured to the clamp, a
wire shelf hinged at its inner end to the frame and provided with locking bends or
off-sets as described, the spring of the shelf wire tending to hold the off-sets into
locking connection with the side bars of the frame, substantially as set forth.
III. The combination of the clamp, the upright wire frame connected thereto,
the wire shelf hinged to the frame and adapted to hold up against it, the top bar of
the frame being thrown back to permit the shelf to fall more closely into the frame
as set forth.
IV. In a luggage carrier the combination of a clamp and the wire frame rigidly
attached thereto, the wire shelf hinged at one end of the frame adapted to be folded
up against it or extending horizontal for use, devices for locking the shelf in position,
and means for holding a bundle in place on the carrier substantially described.
V. In a bundle carrier a clamp and a frame attached thereto, a shelf hinged at
one end to the frame, and a spring cover or frame hinged to the opposite or free
end of the shelf and adapted to press firmly and hold any articles upon the shelf
substantially set forth.
VI. A supporting clamp consisting of two or more parts provided with interlocking
hooks at their ends, and adapted to embrace a supporting post or column, and with
separate sections of said clamp attached independently to the separate arms of the
frame attached to said clamp substantially and for the purposes above set forth.
Dated this 17th day of March A.D. 1892.
RICHARD DE WITT PERRY.
J. C. Chapman, C.P.A.,
70, Chancery Lane, London, Filing Agent.
RICHARD DE WITT PERRY.
J. C. Chapman, C.P.A.,
70, Chancery Lane, London, Filing Agent.