Improvements in and connected with Velocipedes.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Aug., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 17th Apr., 1894-Accepted, 19th May, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Velocipedes.
I, CHARLES ADOLPHE GARNIER, of Bondy, near Paris, in the Republic of
France, Foreman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to Improvements in and connected with Velocipedes and
has for its object to provide the same with an adjustable umbrella of novel
shape.
To this end I form the covering of the umbrella elongated so as to be pointed
in front and more or less wide at the back.
The said umbrella I fix to the shank of the velocipede handle bar by means of
a clip formed with an extension carrying a socket adapted to receive the umbrella
stick and in which the said umbrella can be vertically adjusted by means of a
thumb screw or the like. The said clip is formed with clutch teeth which engage
the correspondingly shaped teeth of a sleeve carried by the said extension and
forming part of the said socket. By means of a spring placed on the said sleeve
it is retained in gear with the stationary clutch teeth of the said clip and by drawing
back the said sleeve, the socket and thus the umbrella may be rotary adjusted
on the said extension as may be desirable.
In order to facilitate the placing of the umbrella into the said socket the end of
the umbrella stick is formed with a guide which engages a corresponding groove in
the said socket.
By the means described the said umbrella may be retained in any desired position
on the velocipede.
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F. BOSSHARDT & Co.,
Agents to Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Velocipedes.
I, CHARLES ADOLPHE GARNIER, of Bondy, near Paris, in the Republic of
France, Foreman, 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 Improvements in and connected with Velocipedes
and has for its object to provide the same with an adjustable umbrella of novel
shape.
The said umbrella is applied to the shank of the velocipede handle by means
of a movable socket which facilitates the fixing of the umbrella in any desired
position, i.e. to incline more or less to the front or rear either to the right or
left as may be required and thus shelter the rider from wind, dust, rain, or sun.
And in order that my invention may be more fully understood I have caused
to be appended hereunto one sheet of drawings marked with letters of reference
indicating like parts in the various figures.
Fig. 1 is a side view of a bicycle furnished with my improved umbrella.
Fig. 2 is a plan of the said umbrella.

page_text: Figs. 3, 4 & 5 are enlarged views of the socket which carries the umbrella in
various positions.
In carrying out my invention I form the covering of the umbrella, see Figs. 1 & 2,
elongated so as to be pointed in front a and more or less wide at the back 6 & c and
thus cut the wind.
The said umbrella I fix to the shank of the velocipede handle bar f by means of
a clip d having screws e and formed with an extension 9 carrying a socket k
adapted to receive the umbrella stick m and in which the umbrella can be vertically
adjusted by means of a thumb screw n or the like. The clip d is formed with
clutch teeth h which engage the correspondingly shaped teeth i of a sleeve carried
by the extension g and forming part of the socket k. By means of a spring j
placed on the said sleeve it is retained in gear with the stationary clutch teeth h
of the clip d and by drawing back the said sleeve the socket and thereby the
umbrella may be rotary adjusted on the extension 9 as may be desirable.
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In order to facilitate the placing of the umbrella into the socket k the end of
the umbrella stick m is formed with a guide which engages a corresponding groovel
formed in the socket k.
By the means described the said umbrella may be retained in any desired position
on the velocipede and in case it is not required it may be removed from the socket k
and placed in a case attached to the frame of the velocipede.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is―
"In velocipedes."
1st. The application of an umbrella the covering of which is elongated in form,
substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
2nd. A socket suitably fixed to the shank of the velocipede handle, adapted to
receive an umbrella as specified in the preceding claim and permit of fixing it in
any desired position, substantially as set forth.
Dated this 16th day of April 1894.
F. BOSSHARDT & Co.,
4, Corporation Street, Manchester, Agents to Applicant.