A New or Improved Decorative Novelty, useful as a Mount for a Calender or the like.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Dec., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 2nd Sept., 1897-4ccepted, 6th Nov., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Decorative Novelty, useful as a Mount for a
Calender or the like.
I, GUSTAVE TUCK, of the Firm of Raphael Tuck and Sons Limited, of 72 and
73 Coleman Street, in the City of London, Fine Art Publishers, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to a useful and ornamental Novelty of decorative
character intended more particularly (but not necessarily) to be used as a mount
for a Calendar and made of thick paper pasteboard or the like and so arranged
that it may be stood up on a table, sideboard or the like.
The device consists of two figures each on a bicycle with the outstretched arm
of one figure resting on that of the other, or otherwise, the two figures joined at
the upper part as for instance by an umbrella or parasol, bunch of flowers or
other device, and these two figures are preferably printed on one piece of paper,
pasteboard or the like; and in such wise that they may be cut out round their
outlines and separated except at the junction of the arms or other device
arranged for this purpose.
Printed with these figures on the same sheets are the frames, and all except
the wheels, of their cycles together with any matter such for instance as a Dog,
wreath of flowers advertisements or other matter or devices.
The wheels of the cycles are cut out separately and attached preferably so
that they will revolve at the proper points.
The figures being thus separate except at the point of junction near the top
admit of being separated below by inclining one slightly to the right and the
other similarly to the left in which position they become self supporting if
placed with the wheels resting on a table and form an exceedingly life like
representation of two bicyclists joining hands or otherwise over the intervening
space as they travel rapidly.
A calendar may be mounted on or attached to these figures or to their accessories
in any convenient manner and thus fitted the article becomes one of general
utility.
The wheels being mounted so as to be capable of rotation enable the whole to
be pushed along on the table in the direction in which the bicycles are sup-
posed to be travelling, and when the figures and accessories are printed in colours,
and with or without floral or other decorations or the like the device is both
amusing and ornamental as well as useful and a very pleasant addition to the
ornamentation of a room.
Dated this First day of December 1906
NEWNHAM BROWNE,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Decorative Novelty, useful as a Mount for a
Calendar or the like.
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I, GUSTAVE TUCK, of the Firm of, Raphael Tuck and Sons Limited, of 72 and
73 Coleman Street, in the City of London, Fine Art Publishers, 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:-
My invention relates to a useful and ornamental Novelty of decorative
character intended more particularly (but not necessarily) to be used as a mount
for a Calendar and made of thick paper pasteboard or the like and so arranged
that it may be stood up on a table, sideboard or the like.
In the accompanying sheet of drawings I have represented my Invention the
device of which consists of two Figures A, and B, each on a bicycle with the
outstretched arm a of one figure resting on that of the other b, or otherwise,
the two figures joined at the upper part as for instance by 'an umbrella or parasol,
bunch of flowers, or other device, and these two figures are preferably printed
on one piece of paper, pasteboard, or the like, and in such wise that they may
be cut out round their outlines and separated except at the junction of the
arms or other device arranged for this purpose.
Printed with these figures on the same sheet are the frames, and all except
the wheels, of their Cycles, together with any matter, such for instance as a dog,
wreaths of flowers, advertisements or other matter or devices.
The wheels C, of the Cycles are preferably cut out separately, and attached,
preferably so that they will revolve, at the proper points.
The figures being thus separate except at the point of junction near the top
admit of being separated below by inclining one slightly to the right and the
other similarly to the left as shown in Fig. 2 in which position they become
self supporting if placed with the wheels resting on a table and form an exceed-
ingly life-like representation of two bicyclists joining hands or otherwise over the
intervening space as they travel rapidly.
A Calendar such as D, which may be either a tear-off or other calendar, or
instead of a calendar, an advertisement, picture, portrait or the like, may be
mounted on, or attached to, these figures or to their accessories in any convenient
manner, for instance as represented in the drawings, and thus fitted the article
becomes one of general utility.
The Wheels C, being preferably mounted so as to be capable of rotation enable
the whole to be pushed along on the table in the direction in which the bicycles
are supposed to be travelling, and when the figures and accessories are printed
in colours, and with or without floral or other decorations or the like, such for
instance as are shewn in the drawings, the device is both amusing and ornamental
as well as useful and a very pleasant addition to the ornamentation of a room.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:
1. A New or Improved Decorative Novelty useful as a mount for a Calendar
or the like substantially as hereinbefore described.
2. A tear-off or other Calendar mounted on a device consisting of two bicyclists
substantially as described and shewn in the drawings.
3. A decorative device for supporting a Calendar, advertisement, picture, por-
trait, or the like, in which representations of two persons riding on bicycles are

page_text: united near the upper part in such manner that the two portions may be slightly
inclined and the whole made to stand up on a table or the like, substantially in
the manner described and as shewn in the drawings.
Dated this Second of September 1897
NEWNHAM BROWNE,
Agent for the Applicant.