Head Shade Attachment for Bicycles.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Feb., 1897-Accepted, 3rd Apr., 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Head Shade Attachment for Bicycles.
I, CHARLES RANSOM HOWARD of Somerville, County of Somerset, State of New
Jersey, U.S.A., Photographer, 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 object to provide a simple and inexpensive head shade for
bicycles which may be readily attached to all kinds of the same and is capable of
universal adjustment.
In the accompanying drawing
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the device of this invention shewn attached to a
bicycle with the head shade shewn in full lines in one position and in dotted lines
in two other positions.
Fig. 2 shews details of construction of the ball and socket joint.
1 is a hollow standard having formed on its lower end a sleeve or collar 2
adapted to embrace the front bar 3 of the bicycle frame and to be moved up or
down thereon and adjusted as desired by means of set screws 4. Fitting within
the hollow standard 1 and capable of rotation therein, is a telescoping rod 5,
provided with an adjustable collar 6 having a set screw 7 passing through it and
engaging said rod. A similar set screw 8 passes through the standard I and is
adapted to engage the telescoping rod 5 to prevent the rotation of the latter.
The head shade 9 is made up of a metallic frame preferably covered with opaque
waterproof material having a narrow fringe extending down from its outer edges.
The supporting rod 10 of the shade is connected to the upper end of the telescoping
rod 5 by a ball and socket joint 11 and means for adjusting the shade to any desired
angle.
In applying the device, the standard 1 is attached to the frame of the bicycle in
the manner described and the telescoping rod moved up or down by loosening the
set screw 8 until the desired elevation is reached. The collar 6 is then moved to the
proper point on said rod, so that the lower edge thereof will bear against the upper
end of the standard 1. It is then locked in position by the set screw 7. The rod 5
is then turned to the right or left in its socket and adjusted at any point by means
of the set screw 8. By reason of the ball and socket connection between the shade
supporting rod 10 and the upper end of rod 5 the shade may be turned to any
desired angle and locked in an adjusted position.
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
clain is:
The combination with a bicycle, of a head shade attachment consisting of a hollow
standard having a sleeve or collar upon its lower end which is adapted to embrace
the front bar of the bicycle frame, a telescoping rod fitting within said standard, a set
screw passing through said standard and engaging said rod, an adjustable collar on
said rod, and a head shade proper the supporting rod of which is connected to
said telescoping rod by a ball and socket joint, substantially as described and shewn.
Dated this 9th day of February 1897.
THOMAS R. SHILLITO,
89 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.