A Pneumatic Saddle or Seat for Cycles, and for other purposes.
Year: 1896

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Pneumatic Saddle or Seat for Cycles, and for other purposes.
We, GEORGE SIMMONITE of West's House, Sculcoates in the Borough of
Kingston upon Hull, Engineer, and THOMAS PRIESTMAN of Temple Chambers in
the same borough, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
Our invention is applicable to seats for railway carriages, tramcars, private carriages
and other vehicles, invalid chairs and to seats of all kinds.
In accordance with our invention we place one or more inflated ball or balls,
case or cases, composed of indiarabber or other flexible material between the upper
framework of the saddle and the lower framework thereof thus preventing or
greatly modifying any infringement or vibration when in motion.
Dated this 17th day of June 1896.
We, GEORGE SIMMONITE of West's House, Sculcoates, in the Borough of
Kingston upon Hull, Engineer, and THOMAS PRIESTMAN, of Temple Chambers in
the same borough, Gentleman, 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 has for its object to provide a comfortable steadily yielding
cushioned cycle saddle or seat in place of those of ordinary construction, which,
owing to the impingement of metallic parts and the jerking or jarring vibration
consequent thereon, especially when travelling over rough roads, are injurious to
the spine and nervous system of riders.
The invention consists in an arrangement of cushion or air balls of india rubber or
other elastic material between two separable parts of a metallic frame which is
removably secured to the cycle frame or to the saddle supporting bar thereof.
In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a side view and Figure 2 a plan view of
a saddle according to this invention. Figure 3 is an underneath view of the lower
frame part, and Figure 4 is a separate view of the means employed for connecting the
two frame parts together.
a, al are the skeleton frame parts each formed of a single piece of round metal rod
and connected together by a screw bolt bengaging in clips c, e, attached to the upper
and lower parts respectively, d are cup shaped attachments each provided or formed
with a stud or pine for insertion in eyes formed in the frame parts and fixed by

page_text: riveting their ends over washers f. g are cushion or air balls placed-in position-
each between two cup attachments-when the frame parts are being connected together
and secured by the screw bolt in such a way that the upper frame part may move up
and down on the stem of the bolt, the upward movement being limited by its screw
nut, but any other suitable means may be used for attaching the upper frame part to
the lower frame part such as laces, rubber bands or the like. (Figures 1 and 3) are
two clamps each fixed by a screw and nut to the lower frame part and holding between
them a ring i or the like for attaching the saddle or seat frame to the cycle frame or to
a suitable supporting bar projecting therefrom, the clip c being of an inverted U
shaped form to permit such a bar to pass clear of it. We do not confine ourselves to
any particular arrangement for the purpose of attaching the saddle frame to the cycle
frame. is a clip or tie so fixed as to embrace an eye of the frame and thus prevent
the two eye parts from coming asunder. Like means may also be employed for
strengthening the other eyes of the frame.
It will be observed that the cushion balls are three in number, placed one towards
the front end, and two towards the back of the saddle. This number of cushion balls
and the arrangement thereof as shewn, although an essential feature of the invention
may be varied according to the particular purpose for which the saddle may be
specially designed.
For the attachment of the leather seat (not shewn) to the upper frame part, said
seat is provided at the under side of the back end with a suitable metal strengthening
piece shaped to the requisite curvature. This strengthening piece has fixed in it two
downwardly projecting screws which take into the two eyes k of the frame and are
secured therein by screw nuts tightening against the under side of the same, further,
underneath the leather seat, at its front end, is fixed a metal eye which takes loosely
on to the plain end of a screw adjustable by means of a nut m carried in the eye k¹
of the frame.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
A saddle or seat for cycles and other purposes in which cushion balls are disposed at
suitable distances from each other between the upper frame part and the lower frame
part of the saddle, the balls for preference being three in number and arranged two
towards the back end of the saddle and one towards the front end of the same sub-
stantially as described and shewn.
BENJ. T. KING, A.I.M.E.,
(Of T. B. Browne, Limited),
163, Queen Victoria Street, E.C., Registered Patent Agent.