Improved Means of Attaching the Leather of the Seats of Cycles to their Frames.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Nov., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 15th Apr., 1891-Accepted, 16th May, 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means of Attaching the Leather of the Seats of Cycles to
their Frames.
I ARTHUR HARVEY of 11 Railway Terrace New Southgate in the County of
Middlesex Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
In
The object of my invention is to provide means of attaching the leather of the
seats of cycles to their frames so that such leather will be stretched over said frames
and kept taut, thereby removing all contact by the rider with the frame.
carrying my invention into practice I provide a convenient frame of any suitable
metal at either end of which is a bar or spindle which is keyed at one of its ends and
furnished at the other with a suitable mut which is screwed thereon. To the bar or
spindle at the front of the frame I attach a strip of rubber in which is a straight
slot, by a pin or other suitable means, and to the bar or spindle at the rear of the
frame I attach two strips of rubber in each of which is a straight slot.
In the
leather saddle straps to which the strips of rubber may or may not be stitched,
there are slots which correspond with those in the rubber strips when the latter are
placed under the leather. The leather being placed over the frame and the spindles
severally actuated with the key the strips of rubber and straps of leather lying
upon, or over them are wound around the respective spindles or bars hereinbefore
mentioned, and the leather is pulled taut so that when the rider is seated thercon he
is not in contact with the frame. Instead of the strips of rubber I can use suitable
metal springs if I choose.
Dated this 90th day of Ontahan 1800
ARTHUR HARVEY.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means of Attaching the Leather of the Seats of Cycles to
their Frames.
I ARTHUR HARVEY of 11 Railway Terrace, New Southgate in the County of
Middlesex, Gentleman, 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 object of my invention is to provide means, of attaching the leather of the
seats of cycles to their frames, so that such leather will be stretched over said
frames, and kept taut thereby dispensing with rivets, and removing contact of the
cyclist with the frame.
My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which
Figure 1 is a side view, of a frame furnished with my invention.
Figure 2 is a plan thereof showing the underside of the leather, the spindle, and
the indiarubber strips, and leather saddle straps wound round the spindle.
In carrying my invention into practice I provide a convenient frame of any
suitable metal. To the front end of this frame I attach either by stitching thereto
or by any other convenient means a strip of thick indiarubber which may be moulded
specially for the purpose, and may be stitched to the strap of the saddle. Through
the back ends of the frame I introduce a revolving spindle of any suitable metal,
around which spindle the back straps of the saddle, to each of which straps a thick
strip of rubber is stitched, are wound, when the spindle is actuated by means of a
key or spanner. The spindle being actuated the leather of the seat can be adjusted

page_text: to the necessary tension, and kept sufficiently taut by means of a ratchet thereby
securing a comfortable seat, and preventing perineal pressure, for which last
mentioned purpose I attach a strap or straps to the seat and connect such strap
or straps. to the frame.
In the accompanying drawings, a Figure 1 is the leather kept taut above the
frame by means of the leather straps c, and indiarubber straps, c. d Figure 2 is
the spindle at the back of the frame. d' is the ratchet.
Having now fully described and ascertained the nature of my said invention,
and the manner in which it can be carried iuto practice I declare that what. I
claim is
1. The means of attaching the leather of the scats of cycles to their frames, as
hereinbefore particularly mentioned, substantially as and for the purposes herein
specified.
ARTHUR HARVEY..