An Improved Bicycle Stand.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 11th June, 1891
Complete Specification Left, 11th Mar., 1892-Accepted, 16th Apr., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Bicycle Stand.
I, STEPHEN SIMPSON of 81 Bridge Street Mansfield in the County of Notting-
ham, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to an improved method of constructing and arranging
bicycle stands whereby I am enabled to produce a stand capable of supporting a
bicycle either in a vertical position when not in use, or in an inverted position for
cleaning and other purposes and in a manner firmer and more efficient than is at
present possible with existing stands in ordinary and common use; and which may
also be adjusted to suit various sizes of bicycles, and may be folded or closed so as
to occupy less space when not in use.
In one mode of carrying my invention into effect I construct a bicycle stand of
metal or other suitable material having two horizontal rods or bars and on one end
of each of these rods or bars I mount or arrange a foot or standard having a base
suitable for resting upon the ground and carrying at its upper end a fork or crutch
piece to receive the handle or handle bar of the bicycle when in an inverted
position. These feet or standards I secure or attach to the horizontal rods in such
a manner that they may be adjusted in any position on the rods and I so arrange
the forks or crutch pieces that they may swivel or revolve in or upon the standards
and thus adjust themselves to the various angles or curvatures of the handles or
handle bars. On the other ends of the horizontal rods I place hinge pieces or
sockets having at their lower ends feet for resting upon the ground, and these
hinge pieces or sockets I arrange upon a vertical rod or pillar as a common centre
so that the horizontal rods may be opened or closed as desired upon the hinge-joint
thus formed to suit various lengths of handles or handle bars and also to fold up to
occupy less space, on the upper part of this vertical rod or pillar I fix a suitably
shaped support to receive the backbone of an ordinary bicycle or the mudguard or
wheel of a safety bicycle when in an inverted position, or to partially support the
wheel of a safety or other bicycle when in a vertical position.
When applying my improved stand for supporting a bicycle in a vertical position
when not in use I employ in conjunction with the herein before mentioned support,
on the upper part of the vertical rod or pillar a cross-shaped piece of metal or other
suitable material, two opposite ends of which I so shape or arrange as to rest
loosely or swivel upon the horizontal rods or bars at or near the ends on which the
fect or standards are placed, or they may be so shaped or arranged as to rest upon
part of the said feet or standards, and the other two or opposite ends of the cross
shaped piece I form with suitable forks or projections for supporting the felloe or
rim of the bicycle wheel, which is thus held in three forks or supports, as in those
stands now in use, but by the peculiar construction these forks or supports embrace
a greater portion of the circumference of the felloe or rim, thus holding it in a
steadier and firmer manner, and the cross-shaped piece having a free movement upon
the horizontal rods, adapts itself readily and firmly to the various sizes of wheels.
Dated this 8th day of June 1891.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Bicycle Stand.
I STEPHEN SIMPSON, of 81 Bridge Street Mansfield in the County of Notting-
ham, Engineer 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 :-
My invention relates to an improved method of constructing and arranging bicycle
stands, whereby I am enabled to produce a stand capable of supporting a bicycle
either in a vertical position when not in use, or in an inverted position for cleaning
and other purposes, and in a manner firmer and more efficient than is at present
possible with existing stands in ordinary and common use; and which may also be
adjusted to suit various sizes of bicycles, and may be folded or closed so as to occupy
less space when not in use.
In one mode of carrying my invention into effect I construct a bicycle stand of
metal or other suitable material having two horizontal rods or bars and on one
end of each of these rods or bars I mount or arrange a foot or standard having a
base suitable for resting upon the ground and carrying at its upper end a fork or
crutch piece to receive the handle or handle bar of the bicycle when in an inverted
position. These feet or standards I secure or attach to the horizontal rods in such
manner that they may be adjusted in any position on the rods, and I so arrange the
forks or crutch pieces that they may swivel or revolve in or upon the standards and
thus adjust themselves to the various angles or curvatures of the handles or handle
bars. On the other ends of the horizontal rods 1 place hinge pieces or sockets
having at their lower ends feet for resting upon the ground and these hinge pieces
or sockets I arrange upon a vertical rod or pillar as a common centre so that the
horizontal rods may be opened or closed as desired on the hinge joint thus formed,
to suit varying lengths of handles or handle bars, and on the upper part of this
vertical rod or pillar I fix a suitably shaped support to receive the backbone of an
ordinary bicycle, or the mudguard or wheel of a safety bicycle when in an inverted
position or to partially support the wheel of a safety or other bicycle when in a
vertical position.
When applying my improved stand for supporting a bicycle in a vertical
position when not in use, I employ in conjunction with the hereinbefore mentioned
support on the upper part of the vertical rod or pillar, a cross shaped piece of
metal, or other suitable material, two opposite ends of which I so shape or arrange
as to rest loosely or swivel upon the horizontal rods or bars, at or near the ends on
which the feet or standards are placed, or they may be so arranged as to rest upon
part of the said feet or standards, and the other two opposite ends of the cross
shaped piece form with suitable forks or projections for supporting the felloe or
rim of the bicycle wheel, which is thus held in three forks or supports, as in those
stands now in use, but by the peculiar construction these forks or supports embrace
a greater portion of the circumference of the rim or felloe, thus holding it in a
steadier and firmer manner. and the cross-shaped piece having a free movement on
the horizontal rods adapts itself readily and firmly to the various sizes of wheels.
Referring to the accompanying sheet of explanatory drawings, Fig. 1 shews my
improved stand as arranged for supporting a bicycle in an inverted position,
A, A, being the horizontal rods, and B, B, the sliding feet or standards, which are
secured in any desired position on the rods A by the set screws B', B', and on the
feet or standards B, B, are the forks or crutch pieces B2, B² to receive the handle
bars or handles of the bicycle. These forks or crutch pieces are so arranged as to
swivel or revolve upon the standards and adapt themselves to the various angles or
curvatures of handle bars. One method of arranging these forks or crutch pieces
is shown at Fig. 2 where the fork B2, is attached to the standard B, by means of a
countersunk shouldered screw B³ upon which it may swivel or rotate.

page_text: At C and D Fig. 1 are shewn the hinged pieces which support the other ends of
the rods A, A.; C¹ and D¹ being the feet which rest upon the floor; C² and
D the bosses for receiving the ends of the rods A, A and C³ and D³ the lugs by
which the pieces C and D are hinged together upon the vertical rod or pillar E,
which carries at its upper end the forked or other suitably shaped support F
for receiving the backbone or mudguard, or wheel of the bicycle when in an
inverted position, or for partially supporting the wheel of the bicycle when
in an upright position.
Fig. 3 shews my improved stand as arranged for supporting a safety or other
bicycle in an upright position G being a cross-shaped piece the two arms G¹, G¹
of which rest upon the horizontal rods A, A, while the other two arms G², G4
are formed with forked or other suitably shaped ends G³, G³ for receiving and
supporting part of the circumference of the wheel of the bicycle when upright,
and as the fork F receives another portion of the said circumference, the bicycle
is thus supported by the three forks in an efficient manner. The ends of the
arms G G which rest upon the rods A, A, are so formed as to allow the cross-
piece to rock or oscillate, thus raising or lowering the ends G³, G³ of the
arms G2 G and so altering the relative positions of the forks F, G³, G as to
adapt them to wheels of various diameters.
I do not limit the application of my invention to the particular form or design
of the stand hereinbefore described but I employ in all cases the same system
of adjustable forks and standards and hinge-pieces when constructing stands for
the purposes hereinbefore set forth, I prefer however in some cases to so arrange
the standards B so that the arms G, G', of the crosspiece G may rest upon
some portion of those standards instead of upon the rods A A, and I may arrange
my swivelling forks B2 in any convenient manner 80 as to revolve upon the
standards B.
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 combination, in a bicycle stand of horizontal rods such as A, feet or
standards such as B, rotating or swivelling forks such as B2, hinge pieces such as C
and D, and a vertical rod or pillar such as E carrying a forked or other suitably
shaped piece such as F, substantially as described and illustrated at Fig. 1 and 2 of
the accompanying drawings, for the purposes set forth.
2. In a bicycle stand, the combination of rods such as A A, adjustable feet or
standards such as B B hinge-pieces such as C and D, and pillar as E, and fork as F,.
with a cross-shaped piece such as G, having arms such as G, G, G2, G1, and
forks such as G³ and G6, as and for the purposes set forth and as illustrated at.
Fig. 3 of the accompanying drawings.
3. In a bicycle stand rotating or swivelling forks or crutch pieces such as B², as
and for the purposes set forth and illustrated at Fig. 2 of the accompanying
drawings.
Dated this 0th day of Nov 1800
STEPHEN SIMPSON.