Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Mar., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 8th Dec., 1895-Accepted, 30th Jan., 1897
We, HENRY TRENTHAM MAW, M.B. of 5 Clement's Inn, London, in County of
Middlesex and FREDERICK TRENTHAM MAW, Barrister-at-Law, of 4 Stone Buildings,
Lincoln's Inn, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
The object of our invention is mainly to provide a saddle for bicycles which
will protect the rider from undue pressure upon any part (whatever position relative
to the saddle he may assume) whilst allowing the greatest freedom for the stroke of
the leg and which will further promote the personal comfort of the rider by inter-
cepting all short rapid vibrations emanating from the bicycle.
The saddle we form of a hermetically closed bag or cushion of about an inch or
more in depth and nearly filled with glycerine or with a thick viscous liquid. On its
underside the cushion has a metal plate secured to it which by a clamp on its under
side can be secured to a bar forming part of the frame of the machine.
We make the saddle somewhat of a pear shape as usual but of less length from
front to back. The back which is the wider portion is flat and approximately
horizontal except for a central longitudinal indentation in it to avoid pressure
coming upon the lower part of the riders spine.
The front or narrow portion of the seat is made to incline downwards.
On a level road the main weight of the rider would rest on the back portion of the
seat and some of the liquid would be displaced from the back of the seat to the front,
so causing this part of the seat to be somewhat raised but not sufficiently to in any
way inconvenience the rider.
In riding up-hill the weight of the rider would come more upon the downwardly
sloping front portion of the seat.
Dated this 9th day of March 1896.
HENRY T. MAW.
F. TRENTHAM MAW.
provemen
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We, HENRY TRENTHAM MAW, M.D., of 5, Clement's Inn, London, in the County
of Middlesex, and FREDERICK TRENTHAM MAW, Barrister-at-Law, of 4, Stone
Buildings, Lincoln's lun, in the County of Middlesex, 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 :-
The object of our invention is mainly to provide a saddle for bicycles which will
protect the rider from undue pressure upon any part (whatever position relative to
the saddle he may assume), whilst allowing the greatest freedom for the stroke of the

page_text: leg and which will further promote the personal comfort of the rider by intercepting
all short rapid vibrations emanating from the bicycle.
The saddle we form of a hermetically closed bag or cushion of about an inch or
more in depth and nearly filled with glycerine or with a thick viscous liquid. On
its underside the cushion has a metal plate secured to it, which by a clamp on its
underside can be secured to a bar forming part of the frame of the machine.
We make the saddle somewhat of a pear shape as usual, but of less length from
front to back. The back, which is the wider portion is flat and approximately
horizontal except for a central longitudinal indentation in it to avoid pressure coming
upon the lower part of the rider's spine.
The front or narrow portion of the seat is made to incline downwards.
On a level road the main weight of the rider would rest on the back portion of
the seat and some of the liquid would be displaced from the back of the seat to the
front, so causing this part of the seat to be somewhat raised but not sufficiently to
in any way inconvenience the rider.
In riding up-hill the weight of the rider would come more upon the downwardly
sloping front portion of the seat.
In order that our invention may be fully understood and readily carried into
effect we will proceed to describe the drawings annexed.
Figure 1 is a plan and Figure 2 is a side elevation of a saddle in accordance
with our invention.
Figure 3 is a section on the line 3-3 in Figure 1.
Figure 4 shews a plan of the india rubber cushion as it appears before it is
covered with leather.
Figure 5 is a plan and Figure 6 is a side elevation of the metal foundation plate
on which the saddle is built.
The cushion shewn by Figure 4 is an indiarubber bag containing a viscous
semi-liquid material; the material which we prefer consists of one part by weight
of petroleum molle (vaseline) with eight parts of thereaca (golden syrup) mixed at
a temperature of about 75° F. a a a a mark places upon the saddle where it may
be perforated without entering the interior space in which the viscous semi-liquid
is contained. The cushion when charged is laid upon the metal foundation plate
and is closely enveloped in leather or other suitable material, so as to enclose both
the cushion and the foundation plate, then buttons bbbb are tied in by strings
which pass through the cushion at the points a a a a and through holes drilled in
the foundation plate. The foundation plate is provided with three stems ccc and
it is supported with coiled springs d d d surrounding these stems; or the foundation
plate may be supported in any other convenient manner.
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 :-
1. A cycle saddle consisting of a fluid tight cushion filled with viscous semi-
liquid material supported on a foundation plate and enclosed with it in a covering
of leather or other suitable material, substantially as described.
2. A cycle saddle consisting of fluid tight cushion filled with viscous semi-
fluid liquid material and of a form substantially as herein shown and described.
Dated this 7th day of November 1896.
HENRY T. MAW.
F. TRENTHAM MAW.