Adjustable Foot Rest or Step for Attaching to Bicycles, Tricycles, and other Machines.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Nov., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Sept., 1893-Accepted, 23rd Nov., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Adjustable Foot Rest or Step for Attaching to Bicycles, Tricycles,
and other Machines.
I, JOHN EDWARD MEREDITH 77 Alexandra Road late of 103 John Bright
Street in the City of Birmingham in the County of Warwick Cycle Accessories
Maker do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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My invention has for its object the construction and connecting of a metallic
adjustable foot rest for bicycles tricycles cycles velocipedes and other vehicles the
object of my invention is the production of a metallic foot rest in which great
strength is combined with great lightness and simplicity of construction.
I will describe my invention as applied to a cycle foot rest and as my method of
construction and connecting is the same I will describe my improvement as applied
to a cycle it being understood that the description applies to bicycles tricycles
velocepedes and other vehicles This I effect by constructing and combining the
parts in the following manner.
In forming or making the rest or step I take a piece of thin sheet metal brass
copper iron or steel or any other metallic substance or any other suitable material
the same to be made in one or more parts.
I cut out a blank of such shape and dementions as I may require I then form on
the sides by means of stamp press or other machine flutes hollows ribs ridges or
beads this is for the purpose of obtaining great strength I then bend or close them up
from the center and bringing the two ends close together I then make or provide a
piece of india rubber or any other elastic or flexible substance or any other suitable
material and of such shape and size with a plain or checkered face which I find
best and that it will fit between the rest.
I then secure them to the fork of the machine in a most efecent manner by means
of pins bolts screws and nuts.
Dated this 22nd day of November 1892.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Adjustable Foot Rest or Step for Attaching to Bicycles, Tricycles,
and other Machines.
I JOHN EDWARD MEREDITH of 77 Alexandra Road late of 103 John Bright
Street in the City of Birmingham in the County of Warwick Cycle Accessory
Maker 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:--
My invention consists of the improvement hereinafter described in the construc-
tion of a metallic adjustable foot rest or step for bicycles cycles tricycles and other
vehicles or machines applicable also to various other purposes.
The object of my invention is the production of a metallic foot rest or step
in which great strength is combined with great lightness and simplicity of
construction.
I will describe my invention as applied to a bicycle cycle and tricycle foot
rest or step, and as my method of construction and connecting is the same I
will describe my improvement as applied to a cycle it being understood that

page_text: the description applies to bicycles cycles and tricycles and other vehicles This I
effect by constructing & combining the parts in the following manner.
In forming or making the rest I take a piece of sheet or rolled metal either brass
copper iron steel or any other metallic substance or other suitable material.
The same to be made in one or more parts.
Having cut out the blank of such shape & dimention as I may require I then
place the said blank under a stamp press or other machine this is for the purpose of
rounding them on the side to give them strength.
I then place them under a press and bend or close them up from the centre
bringing the two ends close together I then make or provide a piece of india rubber
or any other suitable material and of such size and shape and with a plain or
checkered face which I find best and that it will fit between the rest I then secure
the rest to the fork or other part of the machine in a most efficient manner by
means of pins bolts screws and nuts I am also able to obtain greater strength by
different methods of construction that is to say by making or forming the sides of
the rest in different shapes I make in the side of the foot rest a flute hollow or
groove or I may make or form in the sides of the rest a raised rib or bead but in
case I require greater strength I then form or make two or more flutes hollows
groves ribs or beads as I think best in the sides of said foot rest thereof.
Another method of obtaining greater strength in the said foot rest is by making
the blank larger and then turning the edges to an angle or the edges may be turned
over on the inside I also form in the sides flutes hollows grooves ribs or beads as
many as I require it is then bent or closed up from the center in the same manner
herein before described The said foot rest are secured to the fork or other
parts of the machine in a most efficient manner by means of pins bolts screws
and nuts.
I will now proceed to describe with reference to the accompanying drawings the
manner in which my invention is to be performed.
Fig. 1 represents a half section of the metallic blank for a foot rest or step
showing the side grooved or fluted before it is bent up and
Fig. 2 represents a half section of a metallic blank for the said foot rest showing
the side rounded before the blank is bent up and
Fig. 3 shows in front elevation of the said foot rest when it is closed up & the
india rubber fixed in its proper place and
Fig. 4 represents the metallic blank for the said foot rest showing beads or ribs
formed on the sides before it is bent up and
Fig. 5 represents the said foot rest after it is bent up into its proper shape with
beads or ribs formed in the sides &
Fig. 6 represents a metallic blank for the said foot rest and
Fig. 7 represents in front elevation the said foot rest rounded on the side.
Fig. 8 represents in front elevation the rubber before it is fixed in the said
foot rest.
Fig. 9 shows a top section of Fig. 7.
Fig. 10 shows a half section of Fig. 7 with teeth cut below the top line.
The same letter of reference indicates the same part in the several figures of the
drawings.
a shews the holes in the sides for the pins bolts or screws.
b shews the sides rounded.
c shews the grooves or flutes on the sides of the foot rests.
d shews the beads or ribs on the sides of the foot rests.
e shews the holes in the india rubber for the pins bolts or screws.
It will be seen by referring to Fig. 5 of the accompanying drawings that the foot
rest has an extension at the ends that is to say the ends are made longer to allow
for two screws pins or bolts being used one at each side of the fork the rest being
formed or bent to fit round the fork in such a manner that when the screws pins or
bolts are tightened up the rest is firmly fixed to the fork or any other part of the
machine.

page_text: Refering to Fig. 7 of the drawing it shews another method of securing the foot
rest to the fork of the machine as shown by Fig. 6 it will be seen that the center of
the blank is made broader or larger this allows for a strip to be pierced or cut
out it is then bent or closed up The center of the blank being bent in such a
shape that it fits as a band round the fork the screws pins or bolts is then.
tightened up the foot rest being fixed to the fork or other part of the machine in a
most efficient manner.
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 as my invention is
Constructing or making the adjustable metallic foot rest or step and combining
the parts of the same for cycles bicycles tricycles velocipedes and other vehicles in
the manner herein before described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings
and made out of thin sheet steel or any other metallic substance the improved
method or manner of forming the sides so as to obtain the great strength also con-
necting the india rubber or any other suitable substance to the inside or between
the foot rest and securing them to the fork or other part of a cycle or other vehicle
substantially as described and illustrated.
Dated this 22nd day of September 1893.
JOHN EDWARD MEREDITH.