IMPROVEMENTS IN SADDLES OF BICYCLES AND OTHER VELOCIPEDES AND THE MEANS OF CONNECTING THE SAME THERETO
Year: 1885

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
I, ROBERT JAMES RUSSELL of 141 Blackstock Road, South Hornsey, in the
County of Middlesex, Mechanic do hereby declare the nature of said invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN SADDLES OF BICYCLES AND OTHER VELOCIPEDES AND THE
MEANS OF CONNECTING THE SAME THERETO, to be as follows:-
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An invention designed to give greater ease and comfort in riding Bicycles and
other Velocipedes, and to lessen the chafing of the legs, and give more freedom in
working; the mode of doing this is by connecting the seat or saddle to the Bicycle.
or Velocipede by a ball and socket joint, or by a pivot or rounded point, working
in a suitable concave seat, the said pivot may project down from saddle and work
in a suitable seat on the backbone or seat holder, or the seat in which the pivot, or
the ball of the ball and socket joint, may work in the interior of backbone through
a hole in the top of backbone or the seat of the pivot, or ball of the ball and
socket joint, may be let into the interior of saddle, and secured to the lower part
of frame work of same, by this means the saddle would be balanced and keep an
upright position, the frame work of saddle being so weighted as to retain the best
position when not occupied by rider, by this arrangement when a person is seated
on a seat or saddle and propelling the machine the seat will accommadate itself
and yield to any position given it by the body of the rider, the said seat to take
all the motions that an arrangement of this kind will allow of, which will be a .
conibination of backward and forward, side to side, and circular, also in ascending
and decending hills, and passing over bad roads, the seat will accommodate itself
to the position of the rider as he leans forward or backward, or from side to side,
the seat or saddle to have free motion within a given range by suitable means for.
adjusting the same, and securing the seat in its place, and also for allowing the
hind part of saddle falling back on a suitable spring or rest when the rider leaves
the seat or saddle, this position will allow a person to remount with more ease and
certainty.

page_text: DI LUIFICATION,
I, ROBERT JAMES RUSSELL of 141 Blackstock Road, South Hornsey in the
County of Middlesex, Mechanic, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN SADDLES OF BICYCLES AND OTHER VELOCIPEDES AND THE
MEANS OF CONNECTING THE SAME THERETO, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement :-
An invention designed to give greater ease and comfort in riding bicycles and
other velocipedes, and so lessen the chafing of the legs, and give more freedom in
working.
The mode of doing this is by connecting the seat or saddle to the bicycle or
velocipede, by a ball and socket joint, or by a pivot or rounded point, working in
a suitable concave seat, the said pivot may project down from saddle and work
in a suitable seat fixed on the backbone or seat holder, or the seat in which the
pivot, or ball of the ball and socket joint works, may be in the interior of back-
bone, and reached through a hole in top of backbone, or the seat of the pivot, or
ball, of the ball and socket joint, may be let into the interior of saddle or seat,
and secured to the lower part of framework of same, by this means, the seat or
saddle would be balanced, and keep an upright position by the extra weight given
to the lower part of framework of saddle, and may be balanced so as to retain the
best position when not occupied by rider.
By this arrangement, when a person is seated on a seat or saddle and propelling
the machine, the seat will accommadate itself and yield to any position given it by
the body of the rider. The said seat to take all the motions that an arrangement
of this kind will allow of, which be a combination of backward and forward, side
to side, and circular, also in ascending and descending hills, and passing over bad
roads, the seat will accommadate itself to the position of the rider, as he leans for-
ward or backward or from side to side, the seat to have free motion within a given
range, by suitable means for adjusting the same, and securing the seat in its place,
and also for allowing the hind part of saddle falling back on a suitable spring or
rest when the rider leaves the seat or saddle, this position will allow a person to
remount with more ease and certainty.
And do hereby declare the nature of my invention for improvements in saddles
of bicycles and other velocipedes and the means of connecting the same thereto,
by means of the following tigures assisted by drawings to which the said figures
refer as follows.
On the backbone of a bicycle, or seat holder of other velocipedes, I fix a pivot
as at A Fig 1, which may be moveable on backbone, and secured by screws to suit
rider. Fig 1 is a cross section of backbone and pivot. B is the backbone. C is a
small metal saddle balanced on pivot, on which the saddle or seat, on which the
rider sits, may be secured D. D₁ are large holes, through which screws with large
broad heads are passed as in sketch, this will allow of a rocking motion, Fig 2 is
a side view of same Fig 3 is a sketch of same shewing how the spring may be
fixed for carrying the seat or saddle, and while having a motion given it by
body of rider, retains all the benefit of the spring. Figs 4 and 5 shew the spring

page_text: fixed to backbone, and the pivoting arrangement mounted on top of spring, Fig 6
is another arrangement of the same, Fig 7 is a section of backbone shewing a
projection on each side held on by screws or otherwise secured, for carrying light
springs for the purpose of holding seat or saddle in its place when a rider has
dismounted E is the flange to which the spring C is fixed for carrying the seat or
saddle. E has a cup shaped metal piece screwed on, it has an oval shaped hole on
the under side, through which the pivot passes, The pivot F has two lugs or
projections, which in this figure stand across the backbone, while the oval hole
in the cup is in a line with the backbone this will require a quarter turn of saddle
before it can be lifted off the machine, by this means the seat is made secure
without screw or nut or any other fastening. Fig S shews the pivoting devise for
mounting on springs, as in Figs 3, 4, and 5. G. Fig 8 is a section of part of
spring. H flange or projection on pivot-holding saddle. Fig 9 is another method
of mounting the same, I is the backbone. J the pivot. Ka section of spring
running in a line with backbone, for holding saddle, Fig 10 shews a seat mounted
ou a loop spring L. Figs 11 and 12 shew the improvements in the saddle the said
improvement is in passing the pivoting, or ball and socket devise through the
under or lower part of framework of seat or saddle, and inverting the cup shaped
seat of pivot or ball. M and fastening it to frame of of saddle N, together with the
plate O through which the pivot passes P Fig 12 is the leather of seat or saddle,
by this means the saddle is brought down nearer backbone. Figs 13, 14, 15, 16
and 17, shew various ways of lowering the saddle near backbone, by placing the
pivot, or ball and socket inside backbone, the seat of pivot or ball, may be inserted
through hole in top of backbone, or passed into same during the building of the
machine, before the neck is brazed on, the seat of pivot may be moveable forward
or backward, to suit rider, and adjusted by screws. To compensate for weakness
of backbone, by making a hole in the top to suit the arrangement just described,
a piece of steel plate is brazed on or otherwise secured, or a coned shaped piece
may be inserted in backbone in which pivot works, as shewn in Fig 18. Fig 19 is
another way of arranging a ball and socket the holes q and q¹ are for securing to
backbone by cords or other suitable means, or as in Fig 13 the saddle in this
figure is fastened to a flat spring R secured to fore and hind part of saddle and this
again is fastened to the flange of pivot, the pivot is prevented from leaving its
place, by the moveable plates SS₁ the saddle may be still further secured by cords,
wire, gut, or leather, working through a pulley on each side of backbone as shewn
in Fig 13, the said pulleys are mounted on a curved piece of metal passing under
backbone, and has a rolling motion, over a small roller placed under the backbone,
the saddle will thus bave a free motion. The spring T, acts as a rest for back part
of saddle when not occupied, or the saddle may be held in its best position for
receiving a rider by means of light springs under front and back of seat or saddlo.
In placing a seat or saddle on a machine the pivot attached to it is passed
through the oval hole in the cup shaped piece containing the seat in which the
pivot or ball works, and by a quarter turn of saddle brings it in a line with back-
bone, so that the lugs or projections on pivot stand over or under narrowest part
of hole as in Fig 9 and so secure the seat from falling off, and the seat or saddle
may be restricted in its motion by suitable screws, or rubber, wire, gut, or other
suitable means, and for the purpose of holding the seat or saddle in an upright
position, for receiving a rider. But the said springs or other means for keeping
seat or saddle upright are not intended to interfere with the free working of the
pivot or ball and socket devise. The pivot may have more or less room given it,
to prevent shaking and allowing of its free working through such a distance as
would be given to it by the body of the rider.
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
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1st Securing seat or saddles to bicycles and other Velocipedes, by means of a
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page_text: project down from seat or saddle, or secured to backbone, or otherwise connected
as shewn in the various diagrams accompanying this description. Substantially as
.herein described.
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2nd A seat of saddle of a bicycle or other velocipede, having free motion in
every direction that can be given to a seat or saddle by the body of a rider while
seated thereon, and propelling the said machine, the said seat or saddle having free
motion within a given range, the said motion can be curtailed or increased to suit
the taste of the rider, the said motion to be a combination of backward and
forward side to side, circular, and tilting fore and behind. Substantially as herein
described.
3rd For a seat or saddle working on a pivot, or a ball and socket joint, the seat
of said pivot, or ball, may be in the interior of backbone, as shewn in Figs 13, 14,
15, 16, and 17, or partly below surface of backbone as in Fig 18. and substantially
as herein described.
4th A devise as shewn in Fig 8 mounted on springs as in Figs 2, 3, 4, and 5.
Substantially as described.
5th Balancing a small metal saddle on a pivot as in Figs 1, 2, 3 and 6 to which
springs may be attached the said spring carrying the devise shewn in Fig 8, the.
pivot there shewn carries the seat or saddle. Substantially as herein described.
6th A seat or saddle having the aforesaid pivot or ball and socket let into the
interior of seat or saddle and secured to the lower part of framework of same as
shewn in Figs 11 and 12. substantially as herein described.
7th A seat or saddle that is so arranged or balanced as to lower its fore or hind
part on to a spring or other suitable rest, when the rider leaves the said seat or
saddle, so as to enable a person to remount with more ease and certainty. S
Substantially as herein described.
8th A seat or saddle that may be secured, and guided in its rocking motion, by
means of cords, wire, gut, leather, rubber, or other suitable means, as in Fig 13.
Substantially as herein described.
9th For seats or saddles of water velocipedes, made and worked substantially as a
herein described.