An Attachment to Safety Bicycles for Carrying an Additional Rider or for Luggage.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd July, 1890
Complete Specification Left, 7th Apr., 1891-Accepted, 30th May, 1891
An Attachment to Safety Bicycles for Carrying an Additional Rider
or for Luggage.
I, JOHN HUDSON, of 23 Cromwell Street, Sunderland, in the County of Durham,
Architect and Surveyor do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The object of this invention is to provide safety bicycles with an attachment for
carrying an additional rider, or for luggage.
To the back-bone or frame work of the machine just in rear of the steering bar,
I affix a strong metal bridge, by means of two half collars encircling the back bone,
and firmly bolted together. This bridge is supported by stays fore and aft, the
after stay being rigidly secured to the pillar carrying the driver's seat. The
forward stay is secured to a curved piece projecting forwards half way or nearly
so, over the front wheel, the rear end of the said curved piece being rigidly attached
to the bottom of or formed integral with, the bridge aforesaid, its front end being
furnished with a rigid bar and cross bar. This cross bar forms a rest for the feet
of an additional rider when one is carried, a saddle being affixed to the said curved
piece over the axle of the front steering wheel or thereabouts. A transverse arm
is also provided in a convenient position and furnished with two knobs or handles
to serve as rests for the hands of the additional rider.
When used for carrying luggage, or articles of any kind, the additional saddle is
removed and the luggage or other article strapped or otherwise secured to the
curved piece or bridge, or straps as found convenient.
Dated this 22nd day of July 1890.
CASTLE SMITH,
"Invention" Office, 54, Fleet Street, E.C., Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Attachment to Safety Bicycles for Carrying an Additional Rider
or for Luggage.
I, JOHN HUDSON of 23 Cromwell Street Sunderland in the County of Durham,
Architect and Surveyor, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
The object of this invention is to provide safety bicycle with an attachment for
carrying an additional rider or for luggage.
The drawings are to a scale of 11" to one foot.
The dotted lines are to represent a bicycle and the true lines the attachment.
The said attachment is to be made in various sections and strength of steel
according to the weight that it will be put to bear.
The letters on the drawings refer briefly.

page_text: I amx a strong bridge which has two sides and bolted together top and
shown in Fig. 1, 2, & 3, at A.
By means of two similar pieces to the last are stays encircling the steering fork
and bolted together at top and bottom as shown at B, and one stay behind and
attached to the seat rest bar by a clip shown at C in Fig. 1.
A strong fork encircling the steering fork which is in two halves and bolted fore
and aft slung to B stays and rear end at E clip and framework shown at D
Fig. 1, 2, & 3.
I attach for leg rest rods or bars on a line with D and transverse bars screwed or
otherwise fastened together all curved over the front wheel and securely bolted to D
and shown at F Fig. 1, 2, & 3.
At the front end of F is a foot rest turned up and bolted to leg rest shown at G
Fig. 1, 2, & 3.
A saddle is provided and shown at H Fig. 1. This saddle is screwed on top of
the transverse bars of leg rest and the bottom parts for luggage bearings and shown
at I Fig. 1.
Handle bars with knobs are provided and attached to the fore said transverse
bars and which is to be used as rests for the arms when required for an additional
rider shown at J Fig. 1, 2, & 3.
When the attachment is used for luggage only the parts G, F, H, & J may be
removed but not necessarily.
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
1st. The attachment is affixed to the framework of machine and allowes the
steering to be entirely free.
2nd. The steering fork being encircled by a fork or brackets and stays to
carry the weight in front of steering bar-and over or above the front wheel.
3rd. That the said attachment is to be used for to carry an additional rider
grown up person male or female or a child with luggage together or separately.
Dated this 13th day of May 1891.
JOHN HUDSON.