Year: 1896

page_text: I, CHARLES EDWARD HARDY of The Chestnuts, Priors Marston, Byfield R.S.O:.
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to an improved bicycle stand especially suitable for supporting
the machine in the upright position whilst being cleaned, the stand combining
stability with ease of access to all the parts of the machine.
My improved bicycle stand consists of.a .base frame of horseshoe or other form
adapted to rest upon the ground between the wheels and of sufficient breadth to-
prevent overturning, a pair of upright standards rising from the front end of the
frame and terminating at their upper ends in spring clips or crutches adapted to.
engage with and support the handle bar of the machine at either side, the standards
being adjustable to suit the height and position of the handle bar and a third standard
rising from the rear end of the base at one side in position to support and engage
with the back leg or other part of the frame at the opposite side to that at which the
driving gear is situated.
Dated this 28th day of September 1896.
A. M. & WM. CLARK,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents..
I, CHARLES EDWARD HARDY of The Chestnuts, Priors Marston, Byfield R.S.O..
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 :--
My invention relates to an improved bicycle stand for supporting the machine in
the upright position whilst being cleaned or when housed, the stand being so
constructed as to support the machine firmly, whilst affording easy access to all the
parts of the machine."
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this
specification wherein
Figure 1 is a side elevation of the stand erected and supporting a bicycle, the
stand being also shewn collapsed in dotted lines.
Figure 2 is a perspective view of the stand alone.
The same letters of reference denote like parts in both figures.
My improved bicycle stand consists of a base frame A made preferably of a strip
of flat bar iron set on edge and bent to approximately horseshoe or keyhole form
in plan and of sufficient length and breadth to afford the required stability, the side-
members being stayed by cross rods a a¹ rivetted or otherwise secured to them.
pair of standards B pivoted to the front ends of the side members of the frame
terminate at their upper ends in crutches C adapted to take under and support the
D
A

page_text: handle bar D of the machine at either side of the steering head, the standards being
made in two lengths connected by clips b on the one embracing the edges of the other
so as to slide telescopically and secured by thumb screws b¹ so as to enable the
height of the crutches C to be adjusted to suit the height of the handle bar. The
upper sliding members of the standards are connected by a bowed-cross member 6³
passing in front of the steering head of the machine and the standards are stayed in
the fore-and-aft direction. by struts E. also. pivoted to the side members of the base
frame and connected to the standards B by thumb screws e. To the bow-shaped rear
part a of the base frame A and at one side thereof there is secured by a thumb
screw a third standard F'which is also made off two telescopically sliding parts
connected by a. thumb screw f1 and terminating at the upper end in a crutch or
clip G adapted to take under the member H of the machine frame at the opposite
side to that at which the driving gear is situated: By suitably adjusting the heighte
of the standards the machine may be wholly supported thereon, the wheels being
raised to, such a height from the ground as to enable all the parts to be easily reached.
for cleaning, thus avoiding the necessity of inverting: the machine. The machine is
supported centrally; over the. base frame: A so that it is perfectly, stable and is not
liable to be accidentally overturned, as the. standards B support the machine by the
handle bar and therefore at a point much.above the centre of gravity of the machine
and no tendency to overturn or to strain the machine frame arises by reason of the
one-sided support: afforded by the back standard E. When the stand is out of use,
it may be folded as shewn.by the dotted lines, the.struts E being disconnected from
the standards B, the former being folded down alongside the side members of the
frame A whilst the latter. are folded down backwards upon said. frame and the
standard F being entirely disconnected.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said.inven-
tion and in what. manner the same. is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
The herein described bicycle supporting stand comprising a base frame and
standards rising therefrom the standards being adjustable and adapted to support
the machine by the handle bar and by the back frame substantially as and for the
purpose described.
Dated this 2nd day of January 1897.
A. M. & WM. CLARK,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents.