Improvements in Saddles for velocipedes.
Year: 1895

page_text: Improvements in Saddles for velocipedes.
1, SIDNEY PATTISSON, of 20, Edwardes Square, Kensington, in the County of
Middlesex, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to an improvement in that type of saddle having a central
groove or channel for the prevention of perineal pressure.
According to this invention I slit the leather seat or cover longitudinally for a
convenient distance and I turn the edges inwards and downwards to form the
necessary groove or channel, and I prevent the said groove or channel closing up
when the rider is seated on the saddle by placing between the inturned edges of
the cover a light metallic frame which may be either made of one fixed width, or
it may be made adjustable in width to allow the rider to adjust the width of the
groove or channel according to his tastes or requirements. The frame adapted to
form or preserve the groove or channel in the cover of the saddle may be made of
any desired length according to the length of the saddle and it may conveniently
be made in more than one piece especially when it is desired to adjust its width.
It is not obligatory to turn the edges of the slit in the cover or seat inwards or
downwards before attaching the frame to them, though by so doing the edges of
the groove or channel are made less acute.
Dated this 31st day of October 1895.
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ROBERT E. PHILLIPS, Assoc. M. Inst. C.E., M.I. Mech. E.,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.
I, SIDNEY PATTISSON of 20, Edwardes Square Kensington in the County of
Middlesex, Gentleman, 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 :-
This invention relates to that type of saddle having a longitudinal centrally
disposed opening for the prevention of perineal pressure, and it consists in the use
or employment of rigid stays or frames between the edges of the said longitudinal
opening, the object being to convert the said opening into a permanent groove or
channel which cannot close under the weight or pressure of the rider.
In the accompanying drawing which illustrates this invention:-
Figure 1 is a view in longitudinal section of a saddle embodying my invention.
Figure 2 is a view in plan thereof.
Figure 3 is a view in transverse section on line Fig. 1.
Figure 4 is a view. in transverse section showing a modification in the method of
applying the stay.
Figure 5 is. a view intransverse section showing how the stay may be made
adjustable in width, and
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broken view in plan chowing how the adiustable stay may he

page_text: combined with the snug for receiving the attachment by which the peak of the
cover or seat is attached to the underframe.
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Throughout the views similar parts are marked with like letters of reference.
The cover or seat A of the saddle is by preference, though not of necessity,
made out of two pieces of leather, or other suitable material disposed longitudinally
side by side so as to form a longitudinal opening B in the centre of the saddle.
The edges a a of the two pieces of leather or other material forming the cover or
seat A are preferably turned downwards as shown by Figures 1, 2, 3 and 5 to form
a groove or channel and they are connected by one or more stays C of metal or
other suitable material which are rivetted or otherwise fixed to the edges a a of
the cover A as shown by Figures 1, 2 and 3. If the edges a a of the cover A are
not turned downwards the stays C are curved as shown by Figure 4 so as to form
the groove or channel. The number of stays employed depends on the length of
the saddle, and although I prefer to employ a number of narrow stays a single one
forming a complete frame from end to end of the opening B may be employed.
Although prefer to continue the opening B right through the peak of the
saddle as shown by Figures 1, 2 and 6 this is not obligatory.
The stays C may be either of one fixed length so that the width of the channel
or groove is of a predetermined width, or they may be made adjustable in length
as shown by Figure 5 to provide for the adjustment of the width of the groove
or channel at any part according to the individual taste or requirement of the
.rider.
A convenient method of providing for the adjustment of the length of the
stays C is to form them in two parts the one adapted to screw into the other as
shown by Figure 5, or as a modification the stay may be made in three parts as
shown by Figure 6 and this is a convenient construction when combining the stay
with the snug usually provided at the peak of a saddle to receive the screw or
other device by which the peak of the saddle is attached to the underframe.
I am aware that saddles for velocipedes have already been made with longitudinal
openings or channels and I therefore do not broadly claim such, but
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 velocipede saddle having a centrally disposed longitudinal opening in its
cover or seat the edges of which are kept apart by one or more rigid stays thereby
forming a permanent groove or channel, as set forth.
(2.) A velocipede saddle having a centrally disposed longitudinal opening the
edges of the cover or seat forming which are turned inwards or downwards and are
kept apart by one or more rigid stays fixed to the said edges transversely to the
opening, as and for the purpose set forth.
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(3.) In a saddle for velocipedes, the combination with the unde: frame of a cover
or seat A having a centrally disposed longitudinal opening B extending through
any portion of its length, of one or more stays C attached to the edges a a of the
cover or seat transversely to the said opening, as and for the purpose set forth.
(4.) In a saddle for velocipedes, the combination with the underframe of a cover
or seat A having a centrally disposed longitudinal opening B extending through
any portion of its length, of one or more adjustable stays attached to the
edges a a of the cover transversely to the said opening, as and for the purpose set
forth.
Dated this 27th day of April 1896.
ROBERT. E. PHILLIPS, Assoc. M. Inst. C.E., M.I. Mech. E.,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.