A New or Improved Vehicle or Cart for the Conveyance of Velocipedes from Place to Place.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 28th May, 1897
Complete Specification Left, 25th Feb., 1898-Accepted, 26th Mar., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Vehicle or Cart for the Conveyance of
Velocipedes from Place to Place.
I, LADY MABEL MARIAN LINDSAY, of Burcote House, Clifton-Hampden, Abing-
don, in the County of Oxford, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
:-
The primary object of my invention is to construct a vehicle which may be
readily attached to the rear portion of a carriage, and upon which bicycles may
be conveniently placed and secured for conveyance from place to place.
According to my invention I mount upon an axle two road wheels; carried upon
the road wheel axle are two springs respectively located near to the wheel hubs,
and each spring has upwardly extending supports, consisting of light metal work,
which supports respectively carry the side members of a rectangular framework,
made for example of wood.
One end of the framework has a rigid transverse cross piece connecting the two
side members. Mounted upon the end of the cross piece are two bars, projecting
upon each side of the framework, these bars are capable of being slidden trans-
versely, and when adjusted as required, can be locked in position.
The said bars form means by which the connection to the carriage may be
effected, thus for example, supposing the vehicle is to be attached to an ordinary
brougham, the bars are expanded or contracted, as the case may be, until the ends
thereof come above the carriage springs, and in immediate contact with the usual
projecting guards above the carriage springs, to which guards the ends of the
said bars are secured by straps provided for that purpose; the bars are then
secured against further expansible or endway motion; By these means the same
cycle carrying vehicle may be secured to any ordinary road carriage, whatever
may be its width; or of course other means might be adopted for securing the
cart to the vehicle which is to draw it.
Mounted about centrally upon each of the inner sides of the longitudinal frame
are two horizontally arranged hooks, one hook being secured firmly to the frame-
work, the other hook being free to be slidden horizontally for adjustment and
locked when in the required position.
Extending across the end of the framework is a transverse end bar, hinged at
one end thereof, and secured by locking means, say a pin, the end bar when in
position serving to form a connection and stay between the two longitudinal
frames.
At or near the rear end of each longitudinal frame is a downwardly projecting
rear guard, and at the front end of each frame there is a front guard, the latter
guards being connected by a transverse rod.
The vehicle, or as I may term it, the "bicycle cart" having been secured to
the road carriage as before stated, the bicycles are adjusted to position, and
secured as follows:-if two bicycles are to be carried at the same time, they are

page_text: conveniently arranged, so that the front of one machine is forwards, while the
front of the second machine is at the rear of the bicycle cart.
When a bicycle is to be placed in position, the rear transverse bar is released
and swung backwards upon its hinges, the bicycle is placed between the longi-
tudinal frames, and adjacent to the side frame to which it is to be secured, one
wheel is then raised (say by grasping the rim and tyre) until one of the tubes of
the frame can be inserted and rest within one of the horizontally placed hooks,
then the other wheel is likewise raised, and a second tube of the trame caused to
rest within the second hook, the machine being shifted if required, between the
two hooks, until it hangs freely and is properly balanced. The hooks if found
necessary, may be adjusted as to distance apart by one of the hooks being made
capable of longitudinal movement as aforesaid.
The bicycle is thus carried by the hooks and laterally supported by the longi-
tudinal frame, and the downwardly extending front and rear guards, as well as
by the forward transverse rod of the front guards. The steering wheel of the
bicycle is then strapped to the downwardly extending guard, and the lower tube
or tubes of the frame are strapped to the spring, the treadle of the bicycle passing
beneath such spring.
Depending bars or rods are provided attached to the longitudinal frames, which
rods pass downwards between the springs and the machine.
When the machine or machines is or are in position, a locking cross bar is
provided which is then placed transversely across the upper longitudinal frames
and secured. The parts of the structure against which the bicycles come into
contact, are or may be covered with leather, india rubber, or other material by
which the enamel of the machines is protected from abrasion.
In some cases the bicycle cart may be provided with a covering adapted to pro-
tect the machines carried from rain, or the dust of the road, and the framework
may be a metal tubular structure. Although the bicycle cart is generally
intended to form an attachment or adjunct to a road carriage, yet, obviously, I
may provide that the said cart may be used independently of such road carriage,
for the transport of bicycles.
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A New or Improved Vehicle or Cart for the Conveyance of
Velocipedes from Place to Place.
I, LADY MABEL MARIAN LINDSAY, of Burcote House, Clifton-Hampden, Abing-
don, in the County of Oxford, 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 primary object of my invention is to construct a vehicle which may be
readily attached to the rear portion of a carriage, or may be used separately there-
from, and upon which vehicle bicycles may be conveniently placed and secured
for conveyance from place to place.
In order that my invention may be readily understood I will describe same
with reference to the accompanying drawings, whercon Fig. 1 is a side sectional
elevation of my new or improved vehicle, Fig. 2 is a plan of same, Fig. 3 is a
transverse vertical section, and Fig. 4 shews so much of the same vehicle in longi-

page_text: tudinal vertical section as is necessary to indicate the position a bicycle would
occupy when carried.
Similar letters of reference refer to like parts on the several figures of the
drawings.
According to my invention I mount upon an axle A two road wheels A¹ A';
carried upon the road wheel axle A are two springs B B respectively located near
to the wheel hubs, and each spring B has upwardly extending supports C, consist-
ing of light metal work, which supports C respectively carry the side mem-
bers D D of a rectangular framework, made for example of wood.
One end of the framework has a rigid transverse cross piece D¹ connecting the
two sides members D D. Mounted upon the cross piece D is a horizontally
extending bracket arm D see Fig. 2, to the end of which is pivotally connected a
second bracket E, the latter being fixed to and carrying a transverse bar F. The
bar F is fitted with loops F, within which are located two bars F2 F2 capable of
being slidden in the loops F¹ and distanced from each other in a transverse
direction. Fare loops to receive straps. These bars 1 F form means by which
the connection of the vehicle to a carriage may be effected, thus for example,
supposing the vehicle is to be attached to an ordinary brougham (not shewn in
the drawings) the bars 12 F are extended or contracted, as the case may be, until
ends thereof come above the carriage springs, and in immediate contact with
the usual projecting guards above the carriage springs, to which guards the ends
of the said bars Fare secured by straps provided for that purpose, which are
passed through loops F, and the bars 1 secured against further expansible or
endway motion; By these means the same cycle carrying vehicle may be secured
to any ordinary road carriage, whatever may be its width.
Although the vehicle or bicycle cart, is generally intended to form an attach-
ment or adjunct to a road carriage, yet obviously, I may provide that the said
cart can be used independently of such road carriage, and with this object I pro-
vide a wheel G carried by a forked spindle G' carried by a bracket G2 on the
framework, the said spindle passing through the cross bar D', and is there pro-
vided with a steering handle G. Such handle when the vehicle is to be attached
to a road vehicle can be either removed or be turned back into the position shewn
at Figs. 1 and 2.
Mounted about centrally upon each of the inner sides of the longitudinal bars D
are two horizontally arranged hooks H H', one hook H being secured firmly to the
framework, the other hook H being free to be slidden horizontally in a slot H'
for adjustment and locked when in the required position by clamping nuts H
Extending across the end of the framework is a transverse end bar J, hinged
at one end thereof, and secured by locking means, say a pin J2, the end bar J,
when in position, serving to form a connection and stay between the two longi-
tudinal frames D D.
The vehicle, or as I may term it, the "Bicycle cart" having been secured to
the road carriage as before stated, the bicycles are adjusted to position, and
secured as follows:-if two bicycles are to be carried at the same time, they are
conveniently arranged, so that the front of one machine is forwards, while the
front of the second machine is at the rear of the bicycle cart.
When a bicycle is to be placed in position, the rear transverse bar J is released
and swung backwards upon its hinges J, the bicycle is placed between the
longitudinal frames, and adjacent to the side frame to which it is to be secured;
one wheel is then raised (say by grasping the rim and tyre) until one of the tubes
of the frame can be inserted and rest within one of the horizontally placed hooks,
then the other wheel is likewise raised, and a second tube of the frame caused to
rest within the second hook, the machine being shifted if required, between the
two hooks, until it hangs freely and is properly balanced. The hooks if found
necessary, may be adjusted as to distance apart by one of the hooks being made
capable of longitudinal movement as aforesaid. The lower tube or tubes of the

page_text: bicycle frame can be strapped to the spring B, the treadles of the bicycle passing
beneath such spring.
When the machine or machines is or are in position, a locking cross bar K is
provided which is then placed transversely across the upper longitudinal
frames D D, and secured say by a padlock K. The parts of the structure against
which the bicycles come into contact, are or may be covered with leather, india
rubber, or other material by which the enamel of the machines is protected from
abrasion.
In some cases the bicycle cart may be provided with a covering adapted to
protect the machines carried, from rain, or the dust of the road, and the framework
may be a metal tubular structure.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:
1. A new or improved vehicle or cart for the conveyance of velocipedes from
place to place, having an open bar frame, supported on road wheels, adjustable
hooks on the frame, means for adjusting the horizontal distance between the
hooks, such hooks being adapted to receive and support the velocipedes, such as
bicycles, and means such as adjustable transverse bars whereby the vehicle can
be secured to a road carriage, substantially as described.
2. The particular construction and combination of parts composing my new or
improved vehicle or cart for the conveyance of velocipedes from place to place,
all arranged, substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore described and
illustrated with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 26th day of February 1898.
BREWER & SON,
London and Leeds, Agents for the Applicant.