A New Method of Fixing Ladies' Dress Guards to Velocipedes.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Jan., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 7th Oct., 1896-Accepted, 9th Jan., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New Method of Fixing Ladies' Dress Guards to Velocipedes.
LAVINIA LENTON Trimmings Manufacturer Rockland Works Eagle Street
Coventry do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A large wire frame is made the wire being worked or twisted into so many
eye-let holes. Also a small frame is made in same manner.
Then the guard
which is usualley made of cord or any other manufactured material is drawn through
the eye-let holes in both frames. The frames are then fastened by screws to the
velocipedes in this manner viz. The large frame to the mud guard or any portion
of the frame of the velocipede as may be desired. The small frame is then fitted
to ither the back wheel axle or any part of frame the velocipede more couvenient.
The wire used to be made of any kind of metal. This is quite a new method of
application.
1000
LAVINIA LENTON.
LAVINIA LENTON Trimmings Manufacturer Eagle Street Coventry 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:-
My invention relates to dress guards and the like, for velocipedes and the like,
especially those which are made of cord netted into trellis work. These guards were
formally made and laced into the mud guard which is fitted concentrically over
the upper part of the rear wheel through a series of holes perforated along each
side of the mud guard. This was a slow process and so hooks have been employed
which is quicker.
My invention, which I beleive to be a further improvement in detachable dress
guards, is a metal wire frame shaped to fit any part of the velocipede required.
This frame in its various parts is either plain wire, or wire worked up into a series
of eyelet holes either for ornamentation or for use. The cord dress guard is laced
to this frame with a cord lace or is tied to it with cord when making the dress
guard. The whole metal frame with the dress guard fitted complete is thus
adapted to be attached on one side of the mud guard or detached by means of short
metal laces as many as required nine on each frame being sufficient to hold the
frame quite firm to the mud guard. These laces are made of wire and being
flexible the two ends are wrapped round the wire frame the other part of the lace
being twisted tight is then passed through the holes perforated along the edges of
the mud guard and is again wrapped round the wire frame. Referring to these
metal laces I have already asked that protection for them may be granted me the
number being 201999

page_text: In order that my invention may be better understood I will proceed to explain
by the drawings filed herewith the Figures 1 and 2 representing the frames
constructed according to my invention.
The same letters denote the same parts in both figures.
Figure 1 is a plain frame with dress guard fixed or tied to it with cord.
B is the plain part of the wire frame.
A is the metal wire lace fastened to the frame and ready to put through the
holes in the mud guard.
D is the small frame or that part of the frame which fits on the axle of the wheel
and being ornamentally worked up into a series of eyelets through which the dress
guard is laced this part of the frame takes the place of the small metal quadrant
now used by cycle manufacturers.
E is the cord lace left hanging after lacing into this part of the frame and is
now ready to be drawn up by the manufacturer quite tight when required and
fastened with a knot no other fastening being required except the nine short wire
laces.
Figure 2 shows a frame without the dress guard this frame being worked up
into eyelets.
C shows the eyelets.
This frame is exactley like Figure 1 with the exception of these eyelets.
The outer loops of the dress guard would have to be laced with cord into these
eyelets instead of tied as in Figure 1.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
1st. Frames whatever they may be made of which holds the dress guard in its
proper place either when on or off the velocipede so making the dress guard
attachable or detachable.
2nd. For the method of making and fixing these said frames to the ladies dress
guards and to the velocipedes and the like.
LAVINIA LENTON.