Year: 1888

page_text: The decision of the Comptroller-General, of the 15th day of December 1892,
allowed, under Section 18 of the Patents, &c Act, 1883, an Amendment of
this Specification
I, JOHN BOULTBFE BROOKS of Great Charles Street, Birmingham in the County
of Warwick, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be is
follows
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This invention relates to bicycle, tricycle, and other velocipede saddles, and is an
improvement or improvements upon Letters Patent granted to me on the 19th day of
November 1886 and numbered 15048
My present invention, consists 1st in the formation or conformation of pillar coiled
springs, commonly employed in supporting the seats of saddles 2ndly in the con-
struction or formation of the base carrying brackets of saddles 3rdly in affixing,
adjusting and making the connection of the L bars of velocipedes, to sɩddle bɩse
brackets 4thly in sundry fittings, employed in connection with velocipede saddles,
and 5thly means for securing vertically | bars
In carrying out the first part of my invention, I make the coils of the pillar
supporting springs, longer in one direction than in the other, that is to say, I elongate
the coils preferably in the direction of the length of the saddle, whereby a saddle is
prevented from swaying, on being ridden
A saddle may be mounted, wholly upon coiled springs as aforesaid, or it may be
mounted upon two ordinary pillar coiled springs, and a single spring, of the said new
construction
Or a saddle may be supported and elevated upon a single elongated coiled spring,
which when looked upon in plan, is of the form of an elongated chain link
The springs' connections are made by its upper end taking within a socket, carried
by the supporting framing, whilst the lower end passes horizontally within an eye
formed by extending upwardly the metal of an ordinary L bar socket
The base brachet, I form inverted trough shaped in cross section, which thus assists
to make a part of the eye of the L bar socket or boss, which is made in one piece
with the bracket
The bracket may, or may not, have a stay snug upon its rear top side for preventing

page_text: The socket or boss as aforesaid, may be made adjustable and movable, by
surmounting the upper end of a currying bar or pin, with an elongated dovetail
stud, which works within a like she dovetail trough on the underside of the be
bracket
The bar or pin, at the junction with the dovetail stud, is screwed, upon which
a screw nut takes, which on being brought up to washer, between it, and the
dovetail the bar or pin, is fixedly secured to the saddle framing, in an adjusted
position, and when the position of the base bracket, is required to be changed, in
respect to the bar or pin, loosen the nut, when the dovetail stud, is capable of
sliding within the dovetail trough, and then again fixed, by pressing the washer upon
its underside, by the screwing up of the nut
The means of adjusting the position of the vertical supporting bar or pin, may
be varied, when made from round steel, faced upon its underside, by embracing the
bracket, by a clip, with shoulders, which are presented above the said flattened under-
side so that on the screwing up of a nut, against a washer, threaded above it, the
said washer is made to take its bearing, upon the flat underside of the bracket,
thereby securing the said bar and parts, in an adjusted position
I propose to affix the bar, and make the necessary connection, between the socket
or boss, as aforesaid, by single screw, by gapping the space between the bar, and
the bracket eye, and placing therein, a stud, whose lower lower end is connected with
aring, which forms as it were, a lining, to the said L bar eye, so that by screwing
up set pin, which passes upwardly, and transversely, through the sochet, the two
connections are made at one operation
The means for securing and adjusting vertically, L bars, consists of a socket, with
lever, jointed near its inner end, which is expanded into a head, whose inner presentea
side, is serrated or toothed, which take into like serrations, directed longitudinally
down the one side of the bar The lever, which has its long arm directed down-
wards, is automatically operated, by a spring, placed, between its inner side, and the
sleeve of its socket, and which said sochet, is placed within the ordinary sochet of
the machine, and there fixed
Dated this Eleventh day of June 1888

page_text: I, JOHN BOULTBLE BROOKS of Great Charles Street Birmingham in the County
of Warwick, 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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This invention relates to bicycle, tricycle, and other velocipede saddles, and is an
improvement or improvements upon Letters Patent granted to me on the 19th day of
November 1886, and numbered 15048
My present invention consists 1st, in the conformation or construction of the
supporting springs of the said saddles-2ndly, in the construction of the base carrying
part 3rdly, in ffixing, adjusting, and making the connection of the L bars of
velocipedes, to saddle base brackets-4thly, in sundry fittings employed in connection
with velocipede saddles, and-5thly, means for securing vertically, L-bars-
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents partly in longitudinal vertical
section, and partly in elevation, a tricycle, or a rear driving bicycle saddle, con-
structed, arr inged and mounted according to my said invention-It will be seen
from the said view, that the rear of the saddle sent, or the framing upon which it is
stretched, is elevated, and supported upon two pillar coiled springs, of circular
transverse section, whilst the front is elevated and supported upon a single ovule or
elongated coiled spring, that is, the orbicular coils are distended in the direction
of the length of the saddle seat, and by means of which, the suddle and framing
thereof is stayed, and swaying prevented
Figure 2 represents an underside view of the said saddle figure 1, but with the base
of the framing partly broken away, in order to exhibit the elliptic figure of the ovule
coiled spring
Figure 3 represents a transverse section of the socket and base, which are made
in one piece by casting or stamping-Or the nech of the bracket may be split, and
the screw pin passed therethrough, and the split parts drawn together upon the
L bar
The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in figures 1, 2 and 3
a is the seat of a saddle, supported at its two ends upon concaved framing or
supporting rods b, made in one piece with the skirting framing b³, and an end
connection 6, wherethrough the latter, the screwed shank of a tensio 1 screw c
passes
The fore part of the said tension screw fits socketwise within an eye or hole of a
banging bracket d, supported and fixed to the front underside of the saddle seat
The rear of the saddle is supported upon circular pillar coiled springs e, whose
upper and lower ends are fixedly secured or connected by screw pins and nuts e³, e³,
to the rear underside of the saddle skirting frame, and rear top side of base f, which
1s troughed upon its underside, and has an L bar socket f³, which is made in one
piece with the said base-The inverted trough of the base is marked ƒ³, and within

page_text: which, the supporting arm of the L pin lies when in position The said L pin is
secured in position by in affixing sciew pin 4, which takes through the neck f
below the eye
The front of the set of the saddle, or the frame, is supported by an ovule spring 9,
whose upper end is attachedly connected to a bridge or web connection b, by screw
shanked eye and nut h, while its lower end or basc is supported to the front top side
of the base frame f, by screw and nut /¹
By mounting and elevating the seit, or the front of the seat of a suddle upon ovule
pillar coiled springs, or as ring, undue forward and rearward sway is provented
Thus, it is fully exemplihed that by employing springs of an all ptic or elongated
cross section, and with a longer direction of the said spring running in a longer
direction of the seat, anti-sway bars common'y known as stays may be rendered
unnecessary
bar
Figure 4 represents a transverse longitudinal section of modification of the
affixing means, while figure 5 is a transverse section of the s.me -In this sud
modification, it will be observed that the top of the L bar, which is now formed into
a short T, is affixed in position by the screw pin passing from the top side, instead of
from the underside, as in figues 1, 2 and 3
ff is an underside troughed base frune, fa claw-shiped socket, with in open
bottom,f the screw pin, the neck of the sochet, and 7 the L pin, with cross
head 1, of the cross section of the eye f*
Figure represents partly in elevation, and partly in vertical section, a tricycle,
or real driving bicycle suddle, constructed according to another form of my
invention
Figure 7 is an inverted plan of the same, showing the dispositions of the ovule
coiled springs at the rear underside of the seat, and further, how the mutil com-
posing the said springs are is continued into, and form forms the friming rods, and
base framing
a is the siddle seat, with its rear end a", elevated and supported upon two ovule
pillar coiled springs g, g, with their upper ends 92 duected and continued into framing
sty bars b, secured to carrying brichets 63, 4, of which the latter 1 connected
to the skirting framing 63, by screw pin and nut h, while the former, by the
tension arr ingement, connected with depending bricket marked d, as in figures 1
and 2
The extreme ends of the said framing rods take into eyes in the said bracket b
wlulst the lower ends g³ of the sud ovule springs ne continued into a base fruning f,
up on the front top side of which, an ordinary pillu coiled spring e, rests-The ovule
springs top sides are connected to the bracket &, by a pin and nut h
The ends of the base framing rods f, are secured in position, and connected together
by a clip fl
Figure 8 represents in longitudinal vertical section, a velocipede saddle, consti ucted
and mounted iccording to another form of my invention
Figure 9 is an inverted plan of the same, and figure 10 section of the socket
part, which contains within itself combined clip and sochet
From this construction of saddle, it will be scen that the fi iming is supported and
elevated upon a single ovule or elliptic spring, of which the coils are elongated under
the seat of the saddle in the direction of its length
a is the seat of the saddle, secured at its two ends to shirting frame &³, and a
bricket & respectively
The shirting frame is in ide in one piece with the framing b, whose underside is
troughed or channelled, with the fore part 6 provided with a bossed eye, wherethrough
the tension screw c, supported by the bracket d, passes
The framing of the siddle is supported upon i single ovule spring 9, with its terminal
upper end lying within the trough, and connected to the training b, by a nut and
shanked eye h
The lower terminal end g³, which is curved or hook ended, constitutes the base of
the saddle framing

page_text: The hooked or curved end which is marked 9', passes through a supplementary
eye f, of an bar sochet f, and is clamped therein by the split upper end f being
drawn together by a screw nut pin f The eye and securing means of the sud
sochet are the same as in the preceding figures, and are marked with the same letters
of reference
Although I have shown the combined sochet and grip clip in connection with an
ovule coiled spring, yet I wish it to be understood that the sud combined clip
and socket may be emploved in connection with any framing or bise as may be
desired
Figures 11 and 12 represent longitudinal and transverse sections of a modified
form of the sud combined socket and clip-In this modification, it will be seen
that the clamping of the attachment end, and the affixing of the saddle to the
L bar is effected at the same time
fis a hollow socket, with a supplementary inner and clainping piece f", having
an eye through its middle, wherethrough the top of an L bar, passes
B
The bat is affixed in position by a screw pin f, taking through the inside
screwed end of the said socket, and by its inner movement forcing the said inner
part, against the underside of the supporting or framing bar g³, thereby at the
same time clamping and securing both the said framing and
bars
In figures 13 and 14 which represent another modified form of the socket, fis
the socket proper, with eye ƒ³, shank f, and screw pin ƒ, and with the upper part
made semicircular, with the trough 10 made withir it, wherein the curved ond of
of the terminal end 98 of the spring or frame lies, and is there secured by a nut
and screw shank shanked eye, j
Figure-15-rej resents a means for adjusting vertically the L-bar-
2-16 an L-bar, working loosely within a socket-k-is a lever fulerumed at k³,
and with its inner end-k-serrated and formed-cam-shaped, and adapted to grip the
said bar after adjustment
The lever is taken into its normal position for gripping by a spring 1; so that on
the pushing down of the lover's tail end, the spring is compressed, and its serrated
eam end removed from-the-L-bar, which is capable of being adjusted to any desired
position, and on the release of the lever, the said bar-is-again aatomatically gripped-
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in whit manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim 18,
First Supporting and elevating velocipede saddle seats, or the framings thereof,
upon ovule, elongated or elliptic pillar coiled springs, whereby unduc sway is
prevented
Secondly Supporting the seats of saddles, or the framings thereof, upon two
circular pillar coiled springs at rear, and an ovule or elliptic spring 9 at front,
substantially as described and set forth in figures 1 and 2
Thirdly Forming the base frame, and the L bar carrying socket, troughed on its
underside, wherein the L bir lies when in position, substantially as set forth in
figures 1 and 2
Fourthly Making the base frame, and L- bar carrying frame in one piece, and
with the said base frame troughed upon its underside, substantially as set forth in
figures 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
Fifthly The improvements in the construction and arrangement of the parts of
saddles as herein-described and set forth in figures 1 and 2
Sixthly Supporting the seats of saddles, or the framings thereof, upon two ovule,
and an ordinary pillar, coiled spring, substantially as described and set forth in
figures 6 and 7
--
Seventhly Making or forming the framing or suspension rods b, and the base
framing rods f, from the coils, (or continuations thereof) of ovule or elongated springs,
substantially as described and set forth in figures 6 and 7.

page_text: Eighthly The general construction and arrangement of velocipede siddles, s
hcrein-described and set forth in figures 6 and 7
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Ninthly Supporting and clevating the seats of suddles, or their supporting
framings, of a single ovule, clongated or elliptic coiled spring, is described and sct
forth in figures 8 and 9
Tenthly A combined sochet and clip, or a combined socket ind frame clip,
consisting of socket and split gripping pirt, substantially as set forth in figures 8,
9 and 10
Eleventhly The general construction and arrangement of the parts of velocipede
saddles as herein described and set forth in figures 8 and 9
Twelfthly A combined socket and clip, consisting of a hollow sochet,, middle
piece,, and screw pin f, whereby a fruming or bar, ind an L bar are secured
and gripped at the same time, by the screwing up of the said pin, as set forth in
figures 11 and 12
Thirteenthly-A velocipede friming socket, with the upper part made semi-circular,
and fitted with a screw shanked eye and nut, substantially as described and set forth
in figures 13 and 14
Lastly Adjusting vertically the L-bars upon which velocipede-saddles-are
supported, by a socket and lever arrangement, as set forth in figure-15
Dated this Eleventh day of March 1889
JOHN BOULTBEE BROOKS
By Heny Skerrett,
Agent for Applicant
JOHN BOULTBEE BROOKS
By Heny Skerrett,
Agent for Applicant

page_text: The decision of the Chief Examiner, acting on behalf of the Comptroller, of the
5th day of March 1895, allowed, under Section 18 of the Patents, &c
Act, 1883, a further Amendment of this Specification
Date of Application, 13th June, 1888
Complete Specification Left, 13th Mar, 1889-Accepted, 27th Apr, 1889
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION (AMENDED)
Improvements in and Connected with a Part of Velocipede Saddles
I, JOHN BOULTBEE BROOKS of Great Charles Street Bırını gham in the County
of Warwich, 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
This invention relates to a combined socket and clip for bicycle, tricycle, and other
velocipede siddles, and is an improvement or improvements upon Letters Patent
granted to me on the 10th day of November 1886, and numbered 15048 which part
28 now in commerce known as the boss
My resent invention consists 1st, in the conformation or construction of the
supporting springs of the said saddles-2ndly, in the construction of the base carrying
tart-3rdly, affixing, adjusting, and making the connection of the L-bars-of
veloerpedes, to saddle buse brackets 4thly, in sundry fittings employed in-connection
with velocipede saddles
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents partly in longitudinal vertical
section, and partly in elevation, a they ele, or a rear-driving brey ele saddle, con-
structed, arranged and mounted according to my sand invention It will be seen
from the said view, that the rear of the saddle seat, or the framing upon which it 10
stretched, is elevated, and supported upon two pillar-coiled-springs, of a circular
transverse section, whilst the front is elevated and supported upon a single ovale or
elongated coiled spring, that is, the orbienler coils are distended in the direction
of the length of the saddle-seat, and by means of which, the saddle and framing
thereof is stayed, and swaying prevented
Figure 2 represents an underside view of the said saddle figure-1, but with the base
of the framing partly broken away, in order to exhibit the elliptic figure of the ovule
coiled spring
Figure 3 represents a transverse section of the socket and base, which are made
in one-piece by casting or stamping Or the neek of the bracket may be split, and
the seren pin passed therethrough, and the split parts drawn together-upon-the
L-bar-
The same letters of reference-indiente corresponding parts in figures 1, 2 and 3
a-is the seat of a saddle supported at its two ends upon concaved framing or
supporting rods-b, made in one piece with the shuting framing b³, and an end
connection 6, wherethrough the latter, the screwed shank of a tension screw-c
passes-
The fore art c² of the said-tension serew fits socketwise within an eye or hole of a
hanging bracket-d, supported and fixed to the front underside of the saddle-seat-

page_text: The rear of the saddle is supported upon cirealer pillar coiled springs-e,-who-e
Piper and lower ends are fixedly secured or connectel by-sere ins and nuts-c²-e
te-the-rear-underside of the saddle skirting frame, and rem to side of base /, which
15-troughed-upon its underside, and has an L har socket/which is made in one
Theee-with the sand base -The inverted trough of the base is markel/³ and withi
which the supporting arm of the L-in-hes when in position -The old-
secured-in-position by an affixing Serew in-/', which takes through the neek-ƒ³
below the eie-/Ⓡ-
The front of the seat of the saddle, or the frame, is-supported by an-ovale spring 7;
these upper end is attached), connected to a bridge or web connection 6, b, a serew
shanked eve and nut /, while its lower end-or-base is supported to the front top side
of the base frame, by a serew and nut-/¹-
By mounting and elevating the-sent or the front of the seat of a saddle upon ovule
Hillar coiled springs, or a ring, undue forward and rearvard set is prevented
Thus, it fully exemplified that by emple, ing springs of an elliptic or elongated
cross-section, and with a longer direction of the said spring running in a longer
direction of the seat, unti-sway bars commonly known as-stays may be rendered
Hнecessary
Figure 1 10, resents a longitudinal-section-of a modification of the L-bur
athing means, while figure 5 is a transverse section-of the-same- In this said
modification, it will be observed that the top of the L-bar, which is now formed inte
a short T is affixed in position by the screw pin passing from the top side, instead of
from-the underside, as in fignies 1-2 and 8-
1,-18 an underside troughed base-frame--a-claw sheed socket, with an open
bottom-/-/-the screw piu, / "-the-neek of the socket, and the L, with a cross
head of the cross section of the eve f®-
Figure represents partly in elevation, and nitly in vertical section, a-trievele,
etreat dining breyele saddle, constructed according-to-another form of my
invention-
Figure 7 is an inverted plan of the same, showing the dispositions of the ovule
coiled springs at the rear underside of the seat; and further, how the metal-com-
posing the said springs is continued into, and forms the framing-rods, and base
framing
a-is the saddle-seat, with its rear end a², elevated and supported upon two ovule
pullar coiled springs 9, 9, with their upper ends- duerted and continued into framing
stay bars by secured to carrying brackets-1-6, of which the latter is connected
to-the-skuting framing ², by a-serew pin and nut /, while the former, by the
tension--arrangement, connected with a depending bracket marked d, as in figures 1
and 2.
The extreme-ends of the said framing rods take into eyes in the said bracket-b³,
whilst the lower ends o³ of the said ovule springs are conturned into a base framing-f
upon the front-top side of which, an ordinary tillar coiled spring e, rests-The ovule
springs top sides are connected to the bracket 6'; by a 1m and nut /³-
The ends of the base framing rods /, are seened in position, and connected together
by-a-chi-f¹-
Figure 8 represents in longitudinal vertical section, a velocipede saddle, constructed
and mounted according to another form of my invention-
Figure 0 is an inverted plan of the same, and figure 10 a section of the socket
part, which contains within itself a combined chip and socket-
From this construction of saddle, it will be seen that the framing is supported and
elevated on a single ovule or ell, the s, ung, of which the coils are elongated under
the-seat of the saddle in the duection of its length-
a is the seat of the saddle, secured at its two ends to a shuting frame b², and a
brucket d respectively
The charting frame 6' is made in one preee with the framing b; whose underside-is
troughed or channelled, with the fore art provided with a bossed eye, wherethrough
the tension screw c, supported by the bracket d, passes-

page_text: framings, of a single ovale, elongated or elliptic-coiled spring, as described and set
forth in-figures-S-and-
Tenthly A combined socket and chit, or-a-combined socket-and frame clip,
consisting of a-socket-and-split-gripping part, substantially as set forth in figures S,
9 and 10-
Eleventhly The general construction and arrangement of the parts of velocipede
saddles as-herein described and set forth in figures S and
Twelfthly A combined sochet and clip, consisting of a hollow socket ƒ, ƒ³, middle
piece, f, and screw pin f, whereby framing or bar, and an L bar are secured
and gripped at the same time, by the screwing up of the sud pin, as set forth in
figures ii and 12
Thirteenthly Avelocipede framing socket, with the upper part made semi-circular,
and fitted with a serew shanked eye and nut, substantially as described and set forth
in figures 13-and-14
Dated uns Dievent day tren LOOD
JOHN BOULTBEE BROOKS
By Henry Sherrett,
Agent for Applicant

page_text: the coils preferably in the direction of the length of the saddle, whereby a saddle is
prevented from swaying, on being ridden
A saddle may be mounted, wholly upon coiled springs as aforesaid, or it may be
mounted upon two ordinary pillar coiled springs, and a single spring, of the sud new
construction
Or a saddle may be supported and elevated upon a single clong ited coiled spring,
which when looked upon in plan, is of the form of an elongated chain link
The springs' connections are made by its upper end taking within a sochet, carried
by the supporting framing, whilst the lower end passes horizontally within an eye
formed by extending upwardly the metal of an ordinary L bar sochet
The base bracket, 1 form inverted trough shaped in cross section, which thus assists
to make a part of the eye of the L bar socket or boss, which is made in one piece
with the bracket
The bracket may, or may not, have 1 stay snug upon its rear top side for preventing

page_text: The socket or boss as aforesaid, may be made adjustable and movable, by
surmounting the upper end of a carrying bar or pin, with an elongated dovetail
stud, which works within a like she dovetail trough on the underside of the base
bracket
The bar or pin, at the junction with the dovetail stud, is screwed, upon which
a screw nut takes, which on being brought up to a washer, between it, and the
dovetail, the bar or pin, is fixedly secured to the saddle framing, in an adjusted
position, and when the position of the base bracket, 14 required to be changed, in
respect to the bar or pin, loosen the nut, when the dovetul stud is capable of
sliding within the dovetail trough, and then agun fixed, by pressing the washer upon
its underside, by the screwing up of the nut
The means of adjusting the position of the vertical supporting bar or pin, may
be varied, when made from round steel, faced upon its underside, by embracing the
bracket, by a clip, with shoulders, which are presented above the said flattened under-
side, so that on the screwing up of a nut, igainst a washer, threaded above it, the
said washer is made to take its bearing, upon the flat underside of the bracket,
thereby securing the said bar and parts, in an adjusted position
I propose to affix the L bar, and make the necessary connection, between the socket
or boss, as aforesaid, by a single screw, by gapping the space between the L bar, and
the bracket eye, and placing therein, a stud, whose lower lower end is connected with
a ring, which forms as it were, a lining, to the said L bar eye so that by screwing
up a set pin, which passes upwardly, and transversely, through the socket, the two
connections are made at one operation
The means for securing and adjusting vertically, L bars, consists of a socket, with
lever, jointed near its inner end, which is expanded into a head, whose inner presented
side, is serrated or toothed, which take into like serrations, directed longitudinally
down the one side of the L bar The levor, which has its long arm directed down-
wards, is automatically operated, by a spring, placed between its inner side, and the
sleeve of its socket, and which said socket, is placed within the ordinary socket of
the machine, and there fixed
Dated this Eleventh day of June 1888

page_text: ('OMPLETE SPECIFICATION
Improvements in and Connected with Velocipede Saddles
I, JOHN BOULTBEE BROOKS of Great Charles Street Birmingham in the County
of Warwick, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in whit
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement
-
This invention relates to bicycle, tricycle, and other velocipede saddles, and is an
improvement or improvements upon Letters Patent granted to me on the 19th day of
Novomber 1886, und numbered 15048
My present invention consists 1st, in the conformation or construction of the
supporting springs of the said siddles-2ndly, in the construction of the base carrying
part-3rdly, in ffxing, adjusting, and making the connection of the L bars of
velocipedes, to saddle base brackets-4thly, in sundry fittings employed in connection
with velocipede saddles, and 5thly, means for securing vertically, L bars
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents partly in longitudinal vertical
section, and partly in elevation, a tricycle, or I rear driving bicycle saddle, con-
structed, irringed and mounted according to my sud invention-It will be seen
from the said view, thit the roar of the siddle seat, or the framing upon which it is
stretched, is clevited, and supported upon two pillir coiled springs, of circul ir
transverse section, whilst the front is elevated and supported upon a single ovule or
clongated coiled spring, that is, the orbicular coils are distended in the direction
of the length of the saddle seat, and by means of which, the saddle and framing
thereof is stayed, and swaying prevented
Figure 2 represents an underside view of the said saddle figure 1, but with the base
of the framing partly broken away, in order to exhibit the elliptic figure of the ovale
coiled spring
Figure 3 represents a transverse section of the socket and base, which are made
in one piece by casting or stamping-Or the neck of the bracket may be split, and
the screw pin passed therethrough, and the split parts drawn together upon the
L bir
The same letters of referen e indicate corresponding parts in figures 1, 2 and 3
a is the sent of saddle, supported at its two ends upon concaved framing or
supporting rods b, made in one piece with the shirting framing b³, and an end
connection, wherethrough the litter, the screwed shank of a tension screw c
passes
The fore part of the said tension screw fits sochetwise within an eye or hole of a
hanging bracket d, supported and fixed to the front underside of the saddle seat
The rear of the saddle is supported upon circular pillar coiled springs e, whose
upper and lower ends are fixedly secured or connected by screw pins and nuts e³, e³,
to the rear underside of the saddle shirting frame, and rear top side of base f,
which
is troughed upon its underside, and has an L bar socket f, which is made in one
piece with the said base-The inverted trough of the base is marked f³, and within

page_text: which, the supporting arm of the pin lies when in position The said pin is
secured in position by an affixing screw pin f', which takes through the neck f
below the eye f®
The front of the seat of the saddle, or the frame, is supported by an ovule spring 9,
whose upper end is attachedly connected to a bridge or web connection 64, by a screw
shanked eye and nut h, while its lower end or base is supported to the front top side
of the base frame f, by screw and nut h¹
By mounting and elevating the seat, or the front of the seat of a saddle upon ovule
pillar coiled springs, or a spring, undue forward and rearward sway is prevented
Thus, it is fully exemplified that by employing springs of an elliptic or elongated
cross section, and with a longer direction of the said spring running in a longer
direction of the seat, anti-sway bars commonly known as stays may be rendered
unnecessary
Figure 4 represents a transverse section of a modification of the bar affixing
means, while figure is a transverse section of the sime-In this said modification, it
will be observed that the top of the L bar, which is now formed into a short T, is
affixed in position by the screw pin passing from the top side, instead of from the
undorside, as in figures 1, 2 and 3
ff is an underside troughed base frame, f' a claw-shaped socket, with an open
bottom, the screw pin, f" the neck of the socket, and the ☐ pin, with a cross
head 2, of the cross section of the eye f*
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Figure 6 represents partly in elevation, and partly in vertical section, a tricycle,
rear driving bicycle siddle, constructed according to another form of my
invention
Figure 7 is an inverted plan of the same, showing the dispositions of the ovule
coiled springs at the rear underside of the seat, and further, how the metal com-
posing the said springs are continued into, and form the framing rods, and base
framing
a is the saddle seat, with its rear end a³, elevated and supported upon two ovule
pillar coiled springs 9, 9, with their upper ends ' directed and continued into framing
stay bars b, secured to crying brackets 6, 4, of which the latter is connected
to the skirting framing 3, by a screw pin and nut h, while the former, by the
tension arrangement, connected with a depending brichet marked d, as in figures 1
and 2
The extreme ends of the said framing rods take into eyes in the said bracket b³,
whilst the lower ends g³ of the said ovule springs are continued into a base framing f
upon the front top side of which, an ordinary pillar coiled spring e, rests―The ovule
springs top sides are connected to the brachet &, by a pin and nut /³
The ends of the base framing rods f, are secured in position, and connected together
by a clip f¹
Figure 8 represents in longitudinal vertical section, a velocipede saddle, constructed
and mounted according to another form of my invention
Figure 9 is an inverted plan of the same, and figure 10 a section of the socket
part, which contains within itself a combined clip and socket
From this construction of saddle, it will be seen that the framing is supported and
clevated upon a single ovule or elliptic spring, of which the coils are elongated under
the seat of the saddle in the direction of its length
a is the seat of the saddle, secured at its two ends to a skirting frame b³, and a
bracket & respectively
The skirting frame b³ is made in one piece with the framing b, whose under side is
troughed or channelled, with the fore part provided with a bossed eye, wherethrough
the tension screw c, supported by the brachet d, passes
The framing of the saddle is supported upon a single ovule spring g, with its terminal
upper end lying within the trough, and connected to the framing b, by a nut and
sh inked eye h
The lower terminal end g³, which is curved or hook ended, constitutes the base of
the saddle framing

page_text: The hooked or curved end which is marked 9', passes through a supplementary
eye, of an L. bar socket f, and is clamped therein by the split upper end fs being
drawn together by a screw nut f" The eye and securing means of the said socket
are the same as in the preceding figures, and are marked with the same letters of
reference
Although I have shown the combined socket and grip in connection with an
ovule coiled spring, yet I wish it to be understood that the sud combined clip
and sochet may be employed in connection with any framing or base as may be
desired
Figures 11 and 12 represent longitudinal and transverse sections of a modified
form of the said combined sochet and clip-In this modification, it will be seen
that the clamping of the attachment end, and the affixing of the saddle to the
L bar is effected at the same time
fis a hollow socket, with a supplementary inner and clamping piece ƒ³, having
an eye through its middle, wherethrough the top of an L bar 1, passes
The bar is affixed in position by a screw pin f", taking through the inside
screwed end of the said sochet, and by its inner movement forcing the said inner
part ƒ³, agunst the underside of the supporting or framing bir g³, thereby at the
same time clamping and securing both the said framing and bars
In figures 13 and 14 which represent another modified form of the socket, f 1s
the socket proper, with eye f*, shank fo, and screw pin f, and with the upper part
made semicircular, with the trough 10 mide within it, wherein the curved end 9*
of the terminal end g³ of the spring or frume hes, and is there secured by a nut
and screw shank 2, f
Figure 15 represents a means for adjusting vertically the L bar
218 anbar, working loosely within a socket - is a lever fulcrumed at k³,
and with its inner end ³ serrated and formed cam shaped, and adapted to grip the
said bar after adjustment
The lever is taken into its normal position for gripping by a spring 1, so that on
the pushing down of the lever's tail end, the spring is compressed, and its serrated
cam end removed from the bar, which is capable of being adjusted to any desired
position, and on the release of the lever, the said bu is again automatically gripped
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 18,
First Supporting and elevating velocipede saddle seats, or the framings thereof,
upon ovule, elongated or elliptic pillar coiled springs, whereby undue sway is
prevented
Secondly-Supporting the seats of saddles, or the framings thereof, upon two
circular pillar coiled springs at rear, and an ovule or elliptic spring 9 at front,
substantially as described and set forth in figures 1 and 2
Thirdly Forming the base frame, and the L bar carrying socket, troughed on its
underside, wherein the bar lies when in position, substantially as set forth in
figures 1 and 2
Fourthly Making the base frame, and ✓ bar carrying frame in one piece, and
with the said base frame troughed upon its underside, substantially as set forth in
figures 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
Fifthly -The improvements in the construction and arrangement of the parts of
saddles as herein-described and set forth in figures 1 and 2
Sixthly Supporting the seats of saddles, or the framings thereof, upon two ovule,
and an ordinary pillar, coiled spring, substantially as described and set forth in
figures 6 and 7
Seventhly-Making or forming the framing or suspension rods b, and the base
framing rods f, from the coils, (or continuations thereof) of ovule or elongated springs,
substantially as described and set forth in figures 6 and 7

page_text: Eighthly The general construction and arrangement of velocipede saddles, as
herein-described and set forth in figures 6 and 7
Ninthly Supporting and elevating the seats of saddles, or their supporting
framings, of a single ovule, elongated or elliptic co.led spring, as described and set
forth in figures 8 and 9
Tenthly A combined socket and clip, or a combined socket and frame clip,
consisting of a socket and split gripping part, substantially as set forth in figures 8,
9 and 10
Eleventhly The general construction and arrangement of the parts of velocipede
saddles as herein described and set forth in figures 8 and 9
Twelfthly-A combined socket and clip, consisting of a hollow socket f, fs, middle
piece ff, and screw pin f*, whereby a framing or bar, and an L bar are secured
and gripped at the same time, by the screwing up of the said pin, as set forth in
figures 11 and 12
Thirteenthly-A velocipede framing socket, with the upper part made semi-circular,
and fitted with a screw shanked eye and nut, substantially as described and set forth
in figures 13 and 14
Lastly Adjusting vertically the L bars upon which velocipede saddles are
supported, by a socket and lever arrangement, as set forth in figure 15
Dated this Eleventh day March 1889