Improvements in Bicycles.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Dec., 1890.
Complete Specification Left, 16th Jan., 1891-Accepted, 21st Feb., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bicycles.
I, PARDON WILBUR TILLINGHAST, of 435, Potter's Avenue, in Providence,
Rhode Island, United States of America, Draughtsman, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to provide a bicycle with a convenient brace or
support, whereby the bicycle can be held to rest in a nearly upright position when
not in use; and my invention consists in a supporting brace jointed to the pedal and
adapted to fold upon the same when not employed to support the bicycle; and in
the employment of a button or latch pivoted to the brace, and adapted to lock
the same in its supporting position; and it also consists in providing the pedal with
removably attached plates for the attachment of the brace to the pedal; and with.
a removably attached catch spring, for securing the brace in its folded position
upon the pedal when not in use.
Dated this 5th day of December 1800
PARDON WILBUR TILLINGHAST.
Haseltine, Lake & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bicycles.
I, PARDON WILBUR TILLING HAST, of 435, Potter's Avenue, in Providence,
Rhode Island, United States of America, Draughtsman, do hereby declare the
nature of my invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN BICYCLES," 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 a bicycle with a convenient brace or
support, whereby the bicycle can be held to rest in a nearly upright position when
not in use, and my invention consists in a supporting brace jointed to the pedal, and
adapted to fold upon the same when not employed to support the bicycle; and in the
employment of a button or latch pivoted to the brace and adapted to lock the same
in its supporting position; and it also consists in providing the pedal with
removably attached joint-plates for the attachment of the brace to the pedal, and
with a removably attached catch-spring for securing the brace in its folded position.
upon the pedal when not in use.
Fig. 1, represents a perspective view of a bicycle provided with my improve-
ment.
Fig. 2, represents an end elevation of the pedal, and a side elevation of the
supporting brace..
Fig. 3, represents a sectional view of the pedal, showing the supporting brace in
its folded condition.
Fig. 4, represents a detail sectional view, showing the brace in its supporting
position.
Fig. 5, represents a transverse vertical section of the pedal, showing the inner
side of the brace when in its locked position.
Fig. 6, .represents an under view of the pedal, showing the attachment of
the brace thereto by means of removable joint-plates, and a removable catch-
spring.

page_text: Fig. 7, represents a detail sectional view, showing the supporting brace in its
locked position, when secured to the pedal by means of the joint-plates.
Fig. 8, represents a side view, and Fig. 9, an edge view of the catch-spring.
Fig. 10, represents a side view, and Fig. 11, an edge view of the joint-plates, for
attaching the brace to the pedal.
In the accompanying drawings, A represents the frame of the bicycle, B, B, the
two wheels, C, C, the cranks, and D, D, the pedals. To the ears s, s, formed at
the lower edge of the plate E, at the outer end of the pedal D, is jointed the
supporting brace F, which may be either made in one piece, as shown in Figs. 6 and 7,
or be made in two pieces so as to be adjustable in length, as shown in Figs. 2
and 3, in which, the part a is jointed to the plate E, and the part b, which is made
spreading at its lower end or forked, is provided with a slot c, and secured to the
part a, by means of a bolt or screw d, so that the part b, will be made, adjustable
upon the part a. The plate E at the inner end of the pedal D, is provided with a
notch e, into which the end of the supporting brace is made to spring, and
engage, as shown in Fig. 3, thus serving to hold the same in a horizontal
position at the under side of the pedal, until released therefrom for use, as shown in
Figs. 2 and 4.
In order to provide a suitable locking device to hold the brace in its supporting
position, as shown in Fig. 1, a button or latch g is pivoted to the inner side of the
part a, by means of the pivot screw h, the upper end of the said latch being made
to engage with the projecting horns r, r, of the ears s, s, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5,
thus serving to prevent the inward movement of the brace F upon its pivot t: and
when the brace F is in its locked position, it will be prevented from outward move-
ment upon its pivot_t, by means of the engaging shoulder upon the brace, and the
shoulder upon the plate E, as shown in Fig. 4. The preferred manner of adapting
my invention to the pedals of bicycles already constructed, is shown in Fig. 6, in
which the supporting brace F is shown as made-in-one-piece, and-provided with the
latch g, the ears s, s, of the joint being formed upon the joint-pieces or-plates-m² m²
which are held between the inner side of the plate-E, and the end of the rubbers G, G,
by means of the screws n, n; and the catch-spring O is similarly held between the
plate E¹ and the adjacent end of the said rubbers, the said catch-spring being
provided with a bend e' which serves to engage with, and hold the end of the
supporting brace F, when in its folded position parallel with the axis of the pedal.
The lower end of the pivoted brace F is made spreading or forked, in-order-to-
provide an extended bearing upon the ground, and thus preventing the pedal from
turning upon the crank-pin-when the resting weight of the bicycle is brought upon
the brace. The upper end of the brace F, see Fig. 11, is provided with the
shoulder w, which by bearing against the outer side of the plate E serves to support
the comparatively slight joint-plates against an injurious inward strain upon the said
plates, when the brace is in the locked position.
Having now 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 :-
1. In a bicycle, the combination with a pedal, of a supporting brace jointed
thereto and adapted to be folded upon the pedal, substantially as described.
2. In a bicycle, the combination with the pedal, of-an-adjustable-supporting
brace jointed thereto, and adapted to be folded upon the pedal, substantially as
described.
3.—In a bicycle, the combination with the pedal, of a supporting brace jointed
thereto and provided with a button or latch, which serves to lock the brace in its
supporting position, substantially as described.
4. In a bicycle, the combination with the pedal provided with the removably
attached joint plates, of the brace connected to the pedal by means of the said joint
plates, and adapted for folding upon the pedal, substantially as described.
5. In a bicycle, the combination with the pedal provided with the removably
attached joint plates, and the removably attached catch spring, of the brace

page_text: connected to the pedal by means of the said joint plates, and adapted for folding
upon the pedal, and to be held in its folded position by the catch spring, substantially
as described.
6. In a bicycle, the combination with the pedal provided with the removably
attached catch spring, of the supporting brace jointed to the pedal and adapted to
be folded upon the same and held in its folded position by the said catch spring,
substantially as described.
7. In a bicycle, the combination with the pedal provided with the removably
attached joint plates, of the supporting brace connected to the pedal by means of
the said joint plates, and provided with the engaging shoulder which is adapted to
support the joint against an accidental inward strain, when the brace is in its set
position, substantially as described.
Dated the 20th f
PARDON WILBUR TILLINGHAST.
Haseltine, Lake & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.