Improvements in Velocipede Saddles.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Dec., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 18th Sept., 1889-Accepted, 2nd Nov., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Velocipede Saddles.
1, JOHN BOULTBEE BROOKS of Great Charles Street Birmingham in the County
of Warwick, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to the mounting or suspending of the fronts or pummel ends
of velocipede saddles, and is an improvement upon Letters Patent granted to me on
the 19th day of November 1886 and numbered 15048.
Heretofore, the said front or pummel ends have been principally connected rigidly
to the head or other support of a machine.
My invention consists essentially in supporting the said front or pummel end, by
means of a hinged and yielding connection, in manner as herein-after described.
In applying my invention to a bicycle saddle, I support the front ends of the
framing rods, by a bridge-shaped bracket, depending from the underside of the front
of the saddle seat, and with the said ends passing through eyes at the extremities of
the said brackets, while the extreme outer ends of the rods slide and work through
other eyes, carried at the lower ends of two upright connection brackets, extending
upwardly from the said rods to a short distance above the top of the saddle seat.
To the upper ends of the outwardly disposed and last named brackets, a connection
frame is jointed, whose inner end is forked and turned into knuckle bearings, where-
through the affixing pin for suspending the saddle to the head of a machine, passes.
The connection frame lower part, is made up of a limb or plate, forked at its outer
end (coming between the fork of the upper part) and a free inner end, and between
its top side, and the underside of the upper limb next to its joint as aforesaid, a coiled
or other spring is disposed, which allows the saddle to yield at the point of its
connection with the head or other part of a machine.
The junction of the forked part with the solid part of the limb or plate, constitutes
an abutment or shoulder, against which the fin or web of the head as aforesaid,
comes, when the yielding connection is in position, or attached. This shoulder coming
against the head, or an extended part on the front of the head, causes this said lower
limb or plate, to remain quiescent or fixed, for the interposed spring to press upon.
On a saddle being used with a yielding device as described, the top limb of
the jointed frame, turns upon the supporting brackets, and upon the cross pin of the
connection. whilst the said brackets are locked in position upon the ends of the
framing rods of the saddle, by adjustment screws and jamb-nuts.
The yielding connection instead of being arranged to support the front of a saddle
seat, may be arranged to support and connect the front of a flat or bearing spring,
which runs parallel to the back-bone of a machine, and upon which, a saddle seat is
mounted.
As a modification of my yielding connection, I dispense with the framing part,
and substitute for it, two loop springs, arranged side by side, and with their inner
ends jointed to the tops of the upright brackets, carried by the framing rods, and
with the inner ends of the said springs, or the wires composing them, formed into
loops, or attached to loops, eyes or their equivalents, which take upon the front of
the head of a machine, and are there secured by a cross pin or cotter.
The loops or the connection parts, are connected together by a cross bar, with a
heel or short arm, on its inner side, which comes against the head and forms an
abutment for keeping the inner arms rigid for the spring parts to lever against.
It will thus be seen that the front or pummel of a saddle, is supported upon a spring
or yielding connection, or a connection that yields in obedience to pressure exerted
by the rider.

page_text: Although I have described a connection with an interposed spring between jointed
limbs, and jointed arms connected with loop springs, yot other equivalent arrange-
ments with springs, may be employed.
The back of the saddle of the cross plate (which latter supporting the elevating
springs), is or are provided with pouch or tool-bag carriers, consisting of shaped
lengths of bent metal, with their upper ends turned zig-zag into springs, loops, and
through their open ends, the loop straps pass.
When the carrier or carriers are attached to the saddle, they depend downwards
from its underside.
Dated this Seventeenth day of December 1888.
JOHN BOULTBEE BROOKS.
By Henry Skerrett,
Agent for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Velocipede Saddles.
1 JOHN BOULTBEE BROOKS of Great Charles Street, Birmingham, in the County
of Warwick, Manufacturer, 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 first to the mounting or supporting of the fronts, or pummel
ends, of velocipede saddles, and said invention is an improvement upon Letters
Patent granted to me on the 19th day of November, 1886 and numbered 15048.
My invention consists essentially in supporting the said front or pummel end, by
means of a hinged and vertically yielding connection, in manner herein-after
described.
In applying my invention to a bicycle saddle, I support the front ends of the
framing rods, by a bridge shaped bracket, depending from the underside of the front
of the saddle seat, and with the said ends, passing through eyes at the extremities of
the said brackets, while the extreme outer ends of the rods, slide and work through
other eyes, carried at the lower ends of two upright connection brackets, extending
upwardly from the said rods, to a short distance above the top of the saddle seat.
To the upper ends of the outwardly disposed and last named brackets, a connection
frame is jointed, whose inner end is gapped and turned into knuckle joints where-
through the affixing pin or cross rod for suspending the saddle to the head of a
machine, passes.
The connection frame lower part, is made up of a limb or plate, forked at its outer
ends, (coming between the fork of the upper part,) and a free inner end; and between
its top side, and the underside of the upper limb next to its joint as aforesaid, a coiled
or or other spring is disposed, which allows the front of the saddle to yield vertically
in obedience to the pressure exerted.
On a saddle being used with a yielding device as described, the top limb of
the jointed frame, turns upon the supporting brackets, and upon the cross pin of the
connection, whilst the said brackets are locked in position upon the ends of the
framing rods of the saddle, by adjustment screws, and jamb nuts.
The yielding connection, instead of being arranged to support the front of a saddle
seat, may be arranged to support and connect the front of a flat or bearing spring,
which runs parallel to the back bone of a machine, and upon which a saddle seat is
mounted.
As a modification of my yielding connection, I dispense with the framing part, and
substitute for it, two loop springs, arranged side by side, and with their inner ends
jointed to the tops of the upright brackets, carried by the framing rods, and with the
inner ends of the said springs, or the wires composing them, formed into loops, or
attached to loops, eyes or their equivalents, which take upon the front of the head of
a machine, and are there secured by a cross pin or cotter,

page_text: The loops, or the connection parts, are connected together by a cross bar, with a
heel or short arm, on its inner side, which comes against the head and forms an
abutment for keeping the inner arms rigid for the spring parts to lever against.
It will thus be seen that the front or pummel of a saddle, is supported upon a spring
or yielding connection, or a connection that yields in obedience to pressure exerted by
the rider.
Although I have described a connection with an interposed spring between jointed
limbs, and jointed arms connected with loop springs, yet other equivalent arrange-
ments, with springs may be employed.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawing, represents partly in vertical section, and
partly in elevation, a bicycle saddle, provided with improvements made according to
my invention. It will be seen that the said saddle, has a yielding seat, for the inner
fore part of it, to rest upon the back-bone of the machine, in juxta-position to the
neck.
Figure 2 represents a transverse vertical section on the dotted lines A B.
Figure 3 represents a. top side plan of the said fore part of the saddle, whilst
figure 4 represents an inverted plan of the portion of the saddle, figure 3.
The same letters of reference, indicate corresponding parts in figures 1 to 4.
a is the seat of a saddle, with framing rods b, directed from front to rear of it, and
with them coming on the two opposite sides of a backbone of a machine; so that
the saddie is free to rise and fall, with the backbone disposed between its framing
rods.
The underside of the front of the saddle, has an arched shaped bracket d, attached
to it, and with its ends, which depend downwards, formed into loops or tubular
eyes d', wherethrough the ends, of the framing rods b, pass, and upon which said
rods, the front of the seat of a saddle, slides, on the tension of the saddle being
changed, by rotating in one or other direction, screws e, whose fore parts tuke through
plain holes, made in upright brackets f, and with their ends screwing into the arched
bracket d, above the tubular eyes d, as aforesaid.
The lower ends of the upright brackets f, take upon the extreme ends b², of the
rods b, whilst their upper ends are connected by a cross directed pivot or rod 9³, about
which the inner end y', of the top plate of the hinged bracket g, turns about as a
centre.
The outer ends of the top and bottom plates of the bracket 9, are made knuckle
and joint-like, wherethrough a transverse pin h passes, in jointing the said hinged
bracket, to the web of the neck of a machine.
The top and bottom plates, which are marked and 9', admit of approaching to,
or receding from each other, on the coiled spring i, interposed between them, being
compressed, or resuming its normal position, after compression.
Thus, the inner fore part 7, which constitutes as it were, a link, interposed between
the rigid frame of a machine, and the end of the framing of a saddle, rests upon a
yielding support, which gives great elasticity to the saddle framing.
The rear underside of the saddle, is supported by coiled springs j, coming upon
a transverse plate k, wherethrough an upright pillar 1, passes, and by means of which,
the elevation of the seat of the saddle, may be adjusted, and which said rear parts,
are connected to the backbone, by a clip m."
Figure 5 represents another form of my invention. By this arrangement, the fore
ends of the framing rods of the saddle, are twisted into loop coils, and with the fore
extremities of the said rods, connected to opposite hanging brackets, swivelling upon
a transverse joint pin, directed through the bearing sleeve, of an upright bracket,
disposed upon the top of a continuous band-clip, surrounding the backbone of a
machine, and by means of which clip, the fore part of the saddle is elevated and
supported.
Figure 6 represents a transverse vertical section of the same, upon the dotted
lines . D; and figure 7 represents an elevation of the rear attachment parts of the
said saddle,

page_text: a is the seat of a saddle, b are the framing rods, with their inner fore parts b²,
directed into loop coils 63, and with the extreme inner ends 64, carried by brackets f,
attached to a rod or axis g³, taking through a sleeve bearing g¹, carried at the top of
an upright bracket g, which is secured to ears, of a band clip h, by screw pins i.
By connecting the said supporting bracket of the front framing of the saddle, by
means as described, the same are readily attached or connected to the clip.
The rear of the saddle, which is supported upon springs j,j, and rest upon flange
plates, with a trough middle part h2, is secured to a like clip m, by pins, (and nuts) n,
passing through the ears m³, and the sides of the trough middle part h³.
c is the back-bone, around which the clips h and m, respectively, pass.
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
First Mounting, and inwardly supporting the fore part of the framing rods, or
framing of a saddle, upon a spring or springs, enclosed or located between a jointed
rest connection, whereby the said connection yields in obedience to pressure exerted
upon the saddle seat, and allows the framing rods to move or work vertically on the
opposite side of the back-bone of a machine, substantially as described and set forth.
Secondly: The combination with the front or back framing rods, or frame of a
saddle, of upright brackets f, connections g, g³, 93, 93, 9, 9, and interposed spring i,
and which said parts, are constructed, arranged and connected, substantially as
described and set forth in figures 1 to 4.
Thirdly Forming or providing the inner end framing rods of saddles, into or
with coiled loops b, substantially as set forth in figure 5.
Fourthly-The combination with the under framing, or rods, of the seat of a
saddle, of hanging brackets, and secondary bracket g, gl, as set forth in figures 5
and 6.
Fifthly Connecting secondary and elevated brackets, to clips, by means of screw
pins or their equivalents, taking through ears or flanges of the one part, and through
oblique sides in the other, substantially as described and set forth in figure 6.
Sixthly-Forming the supporting brackets, of the supporting springs of saddles,
with an inclined trough shape upon its underside, which fits evenly between like
inclined attachment ears of a clip, and which parts, are arranged and secured together,
by pins, or by pins and nuts, or other means, substantially as described and set forth
in figure 7.
Seventhly-Forming the connections of the clips of ✓ shaped or taper brackets,
which admit of the fastening means being employed in an oblique direction,
substantially as set forth in figures 6 and 7.
Dated this 16th day of September 1889.
JOHN BOULTBEE BROOKS.
By Henry Skerrett,
Agent for Applicant.