Improvements in Bicycle Attachments.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Nov., 1895-Accepted, 28th Dec., 1895
Improvements in Bicycle Attachments.
I, HENRY ARCHIBALD LEDERLE, Carriage Painter, of Traverse City, in the
County of Grand Traverse and State of Michigan, United States of America, do
hereby declare the nature of my 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 relates to au improved attachment for bicycles, whereby a person
in addition to the rider may be seated on the machine; and the main object is to
provide a device which will facilitate the carrying of women and which will hold
their skirts out of contact and entanglement with the wheels.
To this end the invention consists essentially in an elongated clip or frame
adapted to be secured to the bicycle frame, and having a seat and skirt support
attached thereto and arranged so that a person may be seated on these parts and
which when so arranged will be properly balanced, thereby preventing the breakage
of any of the parts from undue torsional strain.
My invention will be more fully described hereinafter and finally embodied in
the claims.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this
Specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts
in all the figures.
Figure 1 is a side elevation of a bicycle to which my improvements are showa
as applied;
Figure 2 is a plan view of the same; and
Figure 3 is a detail perspective view of the invention showing it detached from
the bicycle.
My improved attachment consists of an elongated clip frame composed of two
parallel rods a, having their front ends rigidly joined by an elongated block b,
which is firmly fastened between them by bolting or otherwise, and provided at
their rear ends with a bolt c, which further assists in holding the two parts in rigid
connection. The bars or rods a, are arranged one on each side of the vertical parts
of the bicycle frame aud securely fastened thereon by means of the bolt c, the front
portions of the bars, just rearward of the block b, being supported on the collar d
of the bicycle frame as Figure 1 shows.
Seated in the block b, and held securely in place by a bolt e, is the rod f which
rises above the block and which has the seat g mounted upon its transversely bent
upper portion. This seat g as well as the bent upper end of the rod f, is extended
outwardly to the right side of the machine and forwardly at an angle of about 45°,
as best shown by Figure 2.
Bolted rigidly to the side of the clip frame which is opposite the side over which
the seat 9 projects, is the skirt or leg support h, which is composed of a framework
of metallic rods over which the wire gauze or netting i is spread, and to which
such gauze or netting is secured. This support his extended rearward and
outwardly from the left-hand side of the machine in approximate alignment with
the seat g, and curves downwardly from the clip frame, so as to conveniently
support the legs of the person on seat 9 and prevent the skirts of such person from
contact with the wheel of the bicycle.
It will be seen that by means of this attachment an extra person may be readily
carried on the bicycle and that both riders will be easily and comfortably, and at

page_text: the same time safely, seated. It will be further obvious that owing to the equal
balance of the additional rider's weight, no torsional strain will be exerted on
the parts and hence the liability of breaking or bending them is reduced to the
minimum.
The block b may be dispensed with and the clip frame a be formed by bending
an integral bar into the shape of an elongated U and arranging it so that the bent
portion will embrace the frame just above the collar d.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is,
1. A bicycle attachment, consisting of two clip bars provided with means whereby
they may be bolted one at each side of the bicycle frame, a rod secured to the front
of the clip bars and rising therefrom, a seat secured to the bar and extended
transversely, and a skirt and leg support secured to the clip bars and projecting
tranversely and oppositely from the seat, substantially as described.
2. A bicycle attachment consisting of two clip bars provided with means whereby
they may be secured one at each side of the bicycle frame, a seat projected
transversely from the front end of the clip bars, and a skirt and leg support
projected transversely from the same end of the bars and oppositely to the seat,
substantially as described.
3. A bicycle attachment, consisting of two clip bars provided with means whereby
they may be bolted one on each side of the bicycle frame, a block secured between
the front ends of the bars, a rod rising from said block, a seat secured to the rod
and extended transversely, and a skirt and leg support secured to one rod and
projecting transversely oppositely from the seat, substantially as described.
4. A bicycle attachment, consisting of a clip bar capable of being secured
longitudinally with the bicycle frame, a seat secured to the clip bar and projecting
transversely therefrom, and a skirt and leg support also secured to the bar and
projecting transversely and oppositely from the seat, substantially as described.
Dated this 26th day of November 1895.
A. M. & WM. CLARK,
53 Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents.