Improvements in Portable Stands or Rests for Supporting Bicycles in an Upright Position.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Aug., 1894
Complete Specification Left. 16th May, 1895-Accepted, 22nd June, 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Portable Stands or Rests for Supporting Bicycles
in an Upright Position.
I THOMAS PARSONS DAVIES of 19 Goole Street, Openshaw, Manchester in
the County of Lancaster, Iron Fitter, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
My said invention relates to improvements in portable stands or rests for
supporting bicycles in an upright position, either when housed or when halting or
resting en route. The invention is most suitable for application to the usual and
now almost universal diamond shape of safety bicycle frame, but is not confined
to this.
In such frames there are two side members extending in the horizontal plane
from the centre and on each side of the back driving wheel to the foot of the saddle
post, where the chain wheel and cranks are usually supported.
Upon these side members I attach clips preferably applied in halves for
convenience of application and adjustment, the halves being held together by screws
or bolts. One of the halves viz., the half on the outer side, has a snug or hole
through which a strut rod is passed, the rod sliding in the hole except when held
fast by a binding screw or other suitable means.
One of these clips with its sliding and adjustable rod is applied on each side of
the rear wheel and the clips are set so that when the strut rods are let down to
touch the ground, they have a greater spread or distance apart at the foot than at
the top. By this means I obtain increased stability. When the machine is being
ridden, the strut rods are drawn up so as to be well clear of the ground and out of
the way and are secured in this position by the binding screw or other means.
When a halt is made, the binding screws are slackened and the strut rods are
allowed to drop and touch the ground. The rods being independent of each other,
they adjust themselves to any inequalities of the ground and when fixed by
re-tightening the binding screws, they support the bicycle securely in an upright
position. The rods may be made of sufficient strength not only to support the
machine, but also to support the bicycle upright with the rider in the saddle.
Although I have instanced my improved self adjusting stand or rest as most
conveniently applicable to the side members or the rear wheel as described, the
said clips and adjustable sliding rods might be carried on any convenient part of
the frame, and the shape, details and manipulation of the parts constituting my
improved adjustable rest or stand might be greatly varied without departing from
the spirit of my invention. My improved rest does not detract in any degree from
the appearance of the machine and being very light, does not add appreciably to
its weight. As the clips are easily detachable, the rest can be quickly removed
when the machine is used for racing or other purposes, and can be as easily
re-applied.
Dated this 15th day of August 1904.
E. K. DUTTON & Co.,
5, John Dalton Street, Manchester, Agents.

page_text: Improvements in Portable Stands or Rests for Supporting Bicycles
in an Upright Position.
I THOMAS PARSONS DAVIES of 19. Goole Street, Openshaw, Manchester, in
the County of Lancaster, Iron Fitter, 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 and accompanying
drawings:-
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My said invention relates to improvements in portable stands or rests for
supporting bicycles in an upright position, either when housed or when halting or
resting en route. The invention is most suitable for application to the usual and
now, almost universal diamond shape of safety bicycle frame, but is not confined
to this.
For the purpose of rendering my invention more clearly, understood, I. will.
now proceed to describe the same with reference to. the annexed; sheet of
drawings.
Fig. 1 is a,side view of the rear wheel and certain of the adjacent members of a
safety, bicycle.
Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of my improved clip and support as it appears in.
Fig. 1.
Fig. 3.is a view, at, right angles to Fig. 2.
Fig. 4 is a plan view.
In the usual diamond frame there are two side. members a. a extending in the
horizontal plane from the centre and on each side of the back driving, wheel b to
the foot, of the saddle post c, where the chain wheel and cranks are usually
supported. Upon these side members I attach clips D preferably, applied in halves.
for convenience of application and adjustment, the halves being held together by
screws or bolts e as best seen in Fig. 3. One of the clip halves viz., the half on the.
outer side, has a snug D¹ perforated by a hole through which a, strut. rod; F is.
passed, the rod F sliding in the hole except when held fast by a binding screw 9 or
other suitable means. The lower end of the strut F is preferably formed with a
hooked or rounded extremity as shown or it may be with a rivet or cheese head.
One of these clips D. with its sliding and adjustable rod, is mounted on the
members a on each side of the rear wheel and the clips are or may be set,so that,
when the strut rods F are let down to touch the ground, they have a greater spread:
or distance apart at the foot than at the top. By this means I obtain, increased
stability. When the machine is being ridden, the strut rods are drawn up, so as to
be well clear of the ground as indicated by the dotted lines in. Fig. 1, and are,
secured in this position by the binding screws or other means. When a halt is made,,
the, binding screws are slackened and the strut rods are allowed.to drop and touch;
the ground. The rods being independent of each other, they adjust. themselves to
any inequalities of the ground and when fixed by re-tightening the binding, screws,
they support the bicycle securely in an upright, position. The rods may be made
of, sufficient, strength not only to support the machine but also to support the
bicycle upright, with the rider, in, the saddle.
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Lest it should be considered more convenient or desirable to fix the struts in a
horizontal position and lying parallel with the members a a, I also form. holes dat
right angles to the holes occupied by the struts in the drawings, so that if wished
the struts may be withdrawn and slipped into the said holes d so as to lie parallel
with the members a..
Although I have instanced my improved self adjusting stand or rest as most
conveniently applicable to the side members of the rear wheel as described, the

page_text: said clips and adjustable sliding rods or struts might be carried on any convenient
part of the frame, and the shape, details and manipulation of the parts constituting
my improved adjustable rest or stand might be greatly varied without departing
from the spirit of my invention.
My improved rest does not detract in any degree from the appearance of the
machine and being very light, does not add appreciably to its weight. As the clips
are easily detachable, the rest can be quickly removed when the machine is used for
racing or other purposes, and can be as easily re-applied.
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.
The improved detachable portable stand or rest for supporting bicycles in an
upright position and consisting of the clips D secured to the side members or other
convenient parts of a bicycle in combination with the sliding strut rods F held or
released by the set screws g and capable of resting on the ground so as to support
the bicycle when at rest or of being drawn up or made to be parallel with the side
members so as to be out of the way when the machine is being ridden, substantially
as hereinbefore described and as illustrated in the drawings.
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Loted the 16th
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For the Applicant,
E. K. DUTTON & Co.,
5, John Dalton Street, Manchester, Chartered Patent Agents.