Improvements in and relating to Detachable Foot Rests and Steps.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Feb., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 17th Oct., 1893-Accepted, 18th Nov., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Detachable Foot Rests and Steps.
We, JOSEPH LUCAS & HARRY LUCAS, both of The Tom Bowling Lamp
Works, Little King Street, Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Lamp
Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to an improved construction of detachable foot rest or step,
and foot shield therefor.
The step is formed out of a blank stainped out of sheet metal of the requisite
form to give the required shape to the step and clip to embrace the fork or back-
bone when the piece is bent double in its length and blocked to the requisite shape.
The foot-rest or step is fixed to the fork or backbone by means of a pair of
transverse bolts, the one passing through the sides of the foot-rest or step on the
one side of the fork or backbone, and the other passing through ears formed on the
clip on the other side of the fork or backbone. The foot shield consists of a
suitably shaped piece of sheet metal having two transverse beads or flanges stamped
or blocked up, or otherwise formed on it. between which the foot rest or step fits
so that it becomes locked or fixed to the fork or backbone when the foot rest or
step is clamped thereto.
Dated this 18th day of Wobru 1902
ROBT. ED. PHILLIPS, M.I.M.E.,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Detachable Foot Rests and Steps.
We, JOSEPH LUCAS &. HARRY LUCAS, both of The Tom Bowling Lamp
Works, Little King Street, Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Lamp
Manufacturers, 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 :-
Our invention relates to an improved construction of a detachable foot rest or
step, and foot shield therefor, and it consists of a foot rest or step formed out of a
strip or blank of sheet metal and shaped to form a clip or clamp to embrace either
one of the prongs of the front fork or one of the members of the frame as the case
may be, of a foot shield or guard to fit against the member of the fork or frame,
and of two transverse screws adapted to clip the foot rest or step and the shield or
guard to the member of the fork or frame, the object being to obtain a light and
readily attachable foot rest or step and providing a foot guard or shield to prevent
the paint or enamel being rubbed or worn off the part of the frame to which the
foot rest or step is fixed.
We attain this end by the construction shown in the accompanying drawing
which illustrates a foot rest constructed according to our invention, in which :-
Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of our improved foot rest.
Figure 2 is an end view thereof, and
Figure 3 is a view in plan thereof.
Throughout the views similar parts are marked with like letters of reference.
The foot rest or step A is formed out of a blank of sheet metal of the requisite
form to give the desired shape to the foot rest, or step as the case may be, and a
clip to embrace the member of the fork or frame to which it is to be attached.

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The foot rest or step A is fixed to the fork or frame X by means of two transverse
screws B, B, the one passing through the sides of the foot rest or step on the one
side of the fork or frame, and the other passing through the free ends " a "a" of
the strip A out of which the foot rest or step is made on the other side of the fork
or frame.
The foot shield C consists of a suitably shaped piece of sheet metal to
fit against the fork or frame X and having transverse beads or flanges "C," " "
stamped, blocked up, or otherwise formed on it. The foot rest or step A fits
between these beads or flanges so that the shield C becomes locked or fixed to the
fork or frame X when the foot rest or step A is clamped thereto.
"
The screws B thread into sleeve nuts " b," "b," having flats cut or formed on
their sleeve parts, and they fit in D-shaped holes in the one side of the foot rest or
step so that they cannot turn when the screws B are screwed into them.
We wish it to be particularly understood that we do not limit ourselves to the
precise details of construction herein before described and illustrated by the accom-
panying drawing, but that we hold ourselves at liberty to make such changes and
alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of our invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. The hereinbefore described combination of parts constituting a new and
improved detachable foot rest or step.
2. The combination with a detachable foot rest or step, of a foot shield or guard,
substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth.
3. In a foot rest or step, the combination of the metallic strip A shaped and
fashioned to form the foot rest or step and a clip to embrace the fork or frame, of
two transverse screws B, B, and their sleeve nuts "b," "b," adapted to clamp the
foot rest or step to the fork or frame, and of the foot shield or guard C having two
beads or flanges", ," for the sides of the foot rest or step to fit between, as
set forth.
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Dated this 17th day of October 1893
ROBT. ED. PHILLIPS, M.I.M.E.,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicants.