Improvements in Bicycle Supports.
Year: 1898

page_text: Improvements in Bicycle Supports.
We, OLIVER WESTON, of No. 473, St. Andre Street, in the City of Montreal,
in the District of Montreal and Province of Quebec, Dominion of Canada,
Machinist, and JAMES COLEMAN, of No. 26, Chenneville Street, in said City of
Montreal, Furrier, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The invention has for its object to provide a bicycle support that can be
attached to and carried by the bicycle and which will be effective in not only
maintaining the bicycle in a vertical position but also effectively prevent it
rolling after the support has been adjusted in contact with the ground, besides
serving when not in use and turned up and connected with the front fork of
the bicycle, to act as a foot-rest.
The invention consists essentially of a support pivotted to the axle of the
front wheel and having at its free end off-set legs adapted to rest upon the
ground when supporting the bicycle and forming a foot-rest when not in use
and turned up and connected by suitable means with the front fork of the
bicycle.
Total 191 Namb 1000
F. WISE HOWORTH,
46, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C.,
Agent for the Applicants.
Improvements in Bicycle Supports.
We, OLIVER WESTON, of No. 473, St. Andre Street, in the City of Montreal,
in the District of Montreal and Province of Quebec, Dominion of Canada,
Machinist, and JAMES COLEMAN, of No. 26, Chenneville Street, in the said City of
Montreal, Furrier, 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:―
The invention has for its object to provide a bicycle support that can be
attached to and carried by the bicycle, and that will be effective in not only
maintaining the bicycle in a vertical position but will also effectively prevent
it rolling after the support has been adjusted to perform its function.
The invention may be said, briefly, to consist in pivotally connecting a tripod-

page_text: bracket at the axis of the front wheel of the bicycle by a rigid connection, in
the form of a fork adapted to straddle said wheel while the support, thus con-
structed, is held in its position out of contact with the ground, by means of a
spring latch in the form of a bow-spring secured rigidly at one end to the base
of the fork between the prongs and projecting through said fork to engage and
hold the support when not in use.
For full comprehension, however, of the invention, reference must be had
to the accompanying drawing in which like symbols indicate the same parts and
wherein, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the front portion of a bicycle illustrating
my invention applied thereto;
Fig. 2 a front view thereof;
Fig. 3 a detail perspective view illustrating the support in use,
Fig. 4 a detail transverse sectional view of the front fork of the bicycle illus-
trating the spring latch and the tripod-bracket in plan view.
Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view of the means for connecting the support to
the front axle.
My improved support consists, preferably, of a forked section 5, fulcrummed
at the free end of its prongs upon sleeve bearings 6 presented by nuts 7
screwed on the axle, 8, of the front wheel while the other end of the fork has
preferably cast in one therewith, a longitudinally extending leg 10 and a pair of
transversely extending legs 11, 11, respectively, each having its end downwardly
off-set and provided with a knob 12, while the leg 10 is of Y-form.
The portion of the support between the transversely extending legs 11, 11, is
cut away thereby leaving but a narrow connecting piece 13 and enabling the
support to partially enclose the front fork of the bicycle, while the prongs of
said support are curved to conform to the shape of the prongs of the front fork
of the bicycle, see Figs. 1 and 3.
This support is held out of contact with the ground by means of a bow
spring 13 riveted at one end to the base of the said front fork of the bicycle
and extending for a short distance rearwardly and then bent to extend through
said fork forwardly and is provided at its free end with a latch head 14 to engage
said cross piece 13 of the support.
It is obvious that by depressing the latch head 14 the support will be released
and allowed to drop to the position shown in Fig. 3, in which position it will
effectively prevent the bicycle falling to either side, or rolling away from the
place in which it may be set, a handle 20 being provided to facilitate the
returning of the support to the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is;-
1. A portable bicycle support consisting of a forked section presenting a
pair of legs conforming to the shape of the prongs of the front fork of the
bicycle, and pivotted upon the axle of the front wheel, off-set legs 10, and 11, 11,
formed integrally with the free end of the said forked section, 5, said free end
of the forked section being recessed to allow of its fitting over and partially
enclosing the front fork of the bicycle when raised to its position out of contact
with the ground, the leg 10 extending longitudinally of the wheel and the
pair of legs 11, 11, extending transversely thereof and means carried by the
fork of the bicycle and adapted to engage and maintain said support out of
contact with the ground substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
2. A portable bicycle support consisting of a forked section 5 presenting a
pair of legs conforming to the shape of the prongs of the front fork of the
bicycle, and pivotted to the axle of the front wheel, off-set legs 10, and 11, 11,
formed integrally with the free end of said forked section, 5, said free end of
the forked section being recessed to allow of its fitting over and partially enclosing
the front fork of the bicycle when raised to its position out of contact with the

page_text: ground, the leg 10 extending longitudinally of the wheel and the pair of legs 11, 11,
extending transversely thereof and a spring latch carried by the fork of the
bicycle and consisting of a bow spring 13* formed with a latch-head 14 sub-
stantially as and for the purpose set forth.
Hated this lat
1000
F. WISE HOWORTH,
46, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C.,
Agent for the Applicants.