Detachable Carrying Brackets for Bicycles.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 24th May, 1899-Accepted, 24th June, 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Detachable Carrying Brackets for Bicycles.
We THOMAS MCPHERSON BULEY, Student, of 9, Denison Avenue, and WILLIAM
WELLINGTON WAGG, Student, of 222, McCaul Street, both of the City of Toronto,
in the County of York, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, 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;-
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Our invention relates to improvements in detachable carrying brackets for
bicycles and the object of the invention is to devise an extremely simple and con-
venient device, which may be detachably fitted to the handle bar in an instant
and utilized for carrying bags and parcels without marring either the handle
bar or standard and it consists essentially of a double spring metal loop provided
with forwardly extending arms having peculiarly formed end hooks, the inner end
of the loop being preferably covered with leather and having a depending apron,
the said loop being fitted on to the bicycle in the manner hereinafter more par-
ticularly explained.
Fig. 1, is a perspective view showing the handle bar and portion of the front
standard of the bicycle provided with our improved detachable carrying bracket.
Fig. 2, is a plan view of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3, is an enlarged detail.
Fig. 4, is a similar view showing the straps attached to the bracket adapted to
carry a parcel.
In the drawings like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each
figure.
A is the handle bar of the bicycle and B the standard to which it is suitably
attached at the top. C is the detachable bracket, which is formed with a loop cat
the bottom side, loops extending upwardly therefrom on each side and the
off-set arms ²² extending slantingly upward and provided at the ends with the
substantially rectangularly formed hooks . The loop portion is preferably
covered with leather or rubber tubular covering et as indicated and the front of
the loop has connected to it an apron ³, which protects the standard from
abrasion by the parcel carried.
C
The portion between the end of the loops and the back portion of the loop c¹ c₁
is a spring portion and is designed to securely grip the handle bar on each side of
the standard as indicated in Fig. 1.
In order to place our device in position the loop is turned up side down and
the arms passed to each side of the standard beneath the handle bar and the lower
part of the loop passed over the top of the handle bar. By swinging the arms for-
wardly they pass over the top of the handle bar and assume the position shown in
Fig. 1, the apron extending down in front of the standard and the bottom front
portion of the loop C embracing the front of the standard while the side loops e¹
embrace the handle bar as indicated.
In Fig. 1, we show in dotted lines our bracket adapted to carry a satchel. In
Fig. 2 also the exact position and shape of the bracket is shown adapted to carry
the satchel. In Fig. 3, the exact form will be understood and in Fig. 4, the bracket

page_text: is shown adapted to carry a parcel, the straps DD being provided with looped
ends dd adapted to be passed over and held in the hooked ends of the off-set
arms 22.
It will be noticed of course that our detachable bracket is made in one piece of
suitable thickness of wire and being covered with rubber or leather will not mar
or otherwise blemish the handle bar, nor will the articles carried abraid or other-
wise injure the standard as the projecting apron effectually prevents this.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is :
1. A detachable carrying bracket for bicycles comprising a loop having the
forward lower end thereof adapted to straddle the front standard and the double
extending spring loop sides of the loop embracing the handle bar on each side of
the standard and the front arms extending forwardly of the handle bar and pro-
vided with end fastening hooks as and for the purpose specified.
2. A. detachable carrying bracket for bicycles comprising a loop having the
forward lower end thereof adapted to straddle the front standard and the double
extending spring loop sides of the loop embracing the handle bar on each side of
the standard, the front arms extending forwardly of the handle and provided with
end fastening hooks and a suitable tubular covering for the portion fitting over
the standard and handle bar as and for the purpose specified.
3. A detachable carrying bracket for bicycles comprising a loop having the
forward lower end thereof adapted to straddle the front standard and the double
extending spring loop sides of the loop embracing the handle bar on each side of
the standard, the front arms extending forwardly of the handle and provided
with end fastening hooks and a depending apron secured to the front end of the
loop and designed to rest against the front of the standard as and for the purpose
specified.
Daten the 4th day of May 1899.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicants.