Mud-guards for Bicycles.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Dec., 1893-Accepted, 17th Feb., 1894
COMPLETE DIBUITIVATION.
Mud-guards for Bicycles.
I, MARIUS EDWARD GRISWOLD, of Washington Heights in the City of
Chicago, County of Cook, State of Illinois, United States of America,
Manufacturer, 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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The object of my invention is to provide a mud-guard which, when it is not
needed, may be taken off the machine and folded up and carried in the pocket.
It consists of a collapsable frame or bracket attached to the rear fork which
spreads a flexible band, the inner end of which is attached to the frame of the
machine, together with a second flexible band attached at or near the end of the
first, and which passes down under the treadle yoke and up to the front fork.
It further consists of details hereinafter more fully described and particularly
pointed out in the claims.
Figure 1 is a. side elevation of a bicycle provided with my mud-guard.
Figure 2 is perspective view of the rear guard removed, showing the
collapsable frame.
Figure 3 is a perspective view of the front guard removed.
Figure 4 is an end view in the direction of the arrow, Figure 2, of the hooks by
which the frame is attached to the rear fork.
A, represents the collapsable frame, a the hooks by which it is attached to the
rear fork of the machine, B, the flexible band, C, the hook by which the band is
attached to the frame of the machine, D, the forward baud, d, d¹ the hooks by
which it is attached to the machine.
The frame A, is made of two wire rods jointed at about their middle points, b, b,
by the adjoining ends of each section, being bent into a loop which encircles the
other section, so that they slide upon one another.
The hooks a, a, have their inner convolution turned upward so as to pass under
the fork of the machine, and their outer one turned downward so as to pass over
the fork, so that when the band B, is drawn up tightly the hooks will form a rigid
bracket against which it draws.
The hook C, is preferably attached to the frame of the machine immediately
under the saddle.
The hook d on the band D, is attached close to the hook C, in order that as little
space as possible may be left between the two bands. The band D, is then passed
down under the treadle yoke and up to the forward fork to which the hook d¹ is
attached.
These bands are preferably made of an elastic material in order that they may
be securely held in position by their own tension, when stretched, and also in order
that they may fit machines of different sizes.
The frame A, may, however, be made sufficiently elastic to render it unnecessary
that the band B, should be elastic.
Instead of a sliding joint in A, such as shown, a knuckle joint, or any similar
joint which is rigid in one direction, may be used.
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. The herein described mud-guard for bicycles, consisting of the combination
1ched to the
fork and the band B.

page_text: attached to said frame and to the frame of the machine, all substantially as shown
and described.
2. The herein described mud-guard for bicycles, consisting of the elastic band D,
passing under the treadle yoke, having the hooks d, d¹ on each end, one of which is
attached at or near the saddle, and the other to the front fork, all substantially as
shown and described.
3. The herein described mud-guard for bicycles, consisting of the combination
of the folding frame A, removably attached to the rear fork, the band B, attached
to said frame and to the frame of the machine and the elastic band D, one end of
which is attached at or near the end of B, and which passes under the treadle
yoke, the other end of which is attached to the front fork, all substantially as
shown and described.
4. The herein described mud-guard for bicycles consisting of the combination of
the elastic folding frame A, removably attached to the rear fork, having the sliding
joints b therein, and the band B, one end of which is attached to said frame, and
the other end of which carries a hook C, all substantially as shown and described.
5. The herein described folding frame for a mud-guard, consisting of the two jointed
rods, each having a book or bracket a, adapted to embrace the fork of the machine,
all substantially as shown and described.
Dated this 12th day of December 1893.
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, 'W.C., Agents.
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents.