Improvements in Saddles for Bicycles, Tricycles, and the like.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 26th May, 1896
Complete Specification Loft 26th Feb 1807 Accented 3rd Ann
1807
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Saddles for Bicycles, Tricycles, and the like.
I, PIERSON TURNER, of Lonsdale, Belstead Road, Ipswich, in the County of
Suffolk, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
Most saddles for bicycles tricycles and the like, are made with a narrow part in
front and rather wider behind. The weight of the body when riding is more or
less thrown on to the narrow portion which causes discomfort. As the legs have
to move, it has hitherto been found impossible to give a wide bearing for the front
portion of the saddle. Instead therefore of putting only one saddle, I make my
improved saddle in two portions, these portions, or saddles, can be made of any
desired shape that may be found most suitable, and they may be pneumatic, padded,
or otherwise constructed. The saddles are arranged so as to fit the seat of the
rider, one on each side, that is one under each leg of the rider, each of the two
saddles being pivoted, or hinged, or attached to a spindle which partly revolves in
ball bearings. These spindles have at their ends, facing each other, a bevel wheel;
or the bevel wheels may be attached to the saddle or hinges. These bevel wheels
work into a corresponding bevel wheel, thus connecting the two first named bevel
wheels together; so that, when one of the saddles is pushed down by the leg of
the rider, the other is lifted up in the opposite direction, by means of the bevel
wheels, and follows the other leg of the rider to the top centre. Or, the two
saddles can be so arranged, with springs, as to allow them to rise and fall with the
motion of the legs of the rider round the crank; or the saddles can be lifted and
lowered by levers connected to the crank, forming an up and down motion
throughout the revolutions of the crank.
I do not confine myself to the details of construction, but my invention consists
in having for bicycles, tricycles, and the like, two independent saddles, one being
under each seat or leg of the rider, and so geared that when one is pushed down
the other comes up; or so arranged by springs as to keep them level with each
other the force exerted by the legs of the rider lowering and raising them; or they
can be attached to levers as already mentioned.
Dated this 26th day of May 1896.
E. E. WIGZELL,
Agent for Applicant.
I, PIERSON TURNER, of Lonsdale, Belstead Road, Ipswich, in the County of
Suffolk, Engineer, 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 :-
Most saddles for bicycles, tricycles, and the like, are made with a narrow part
in front and rather wider behind. The weight of the body when riding is more or
less thrown on to the narrow portion which causes discomfort. As the legs have to

page_text: move, it has hitherto been found impossible to give a wide bearing for the front
portion of the saddle.
Instead therefore of putting only one saddle, I make my improved saddle in two
portions, these portions or saddles can be made of any desired shape that may be
found most suitable, and they may be pneumatic, padded, or otherwise constructed.
The saddles are arranged so as to fit the seat of the rider, one on each side, that
is one under each leg of the rider, each of the two saddles being pivoted or hinged
or attached to a spindle which partly revolves in ball bearings or otherwise.
These spindles have at their ends, facing each other, a bevel wheel, or the bevel
wheels may be attached to the saddle or hinges. These bevel wheels work into a
corresponding bevel wheel, thus connecting the two first named bevel wheels
together; so that, when one of the saddles is pushed down by the leg of the rider,
the other is lifted up in the opposite direction, by means of the bevel wheels, and
follows the other leg of the rider to the top centre. Or the saddles can be lifted
and lowered by levers connected to the crank, forming an up and down motion
throughout the revolutions of the crank.
I do not confine myself to the details of construction, but my invention consists
in having for bicycles, tricycles, aud the like, two independent saddles, one being
under each seat or leg of the rider and so geared that when one is pushed down the
other comes up, or they can be attached to levers as already mentioned.
In the drawings annexed hereto,
Fig. 1 shows a saddle made on my improved principle, consisting of three
portions, vit., one fixed portion A. and two moving portions B. and C. The latter
are fixed on pivots or hinges D. D. The whole saddle may be attached to the
usual saddle post G. by any suitable attachment as at F.
Fig. 2. shows a plan view in which the three portions of the saddle are again
designated by their distinguishing letters A. B. C.
Fig. 3. shows a front elevation of the same.
In all the views the movable portion B. is shown in the top position which it
would assume when the riders right leg is on the pedal of the bicycle when this
stands at the top of its stroke, the portion C being at the same time under the
riders left leg with the pedal of the machine on that side at the bottom of its
stroke.
Figs. 4, 5, and 6. show three views of a somewhat similar saddle to that
illustrated in the three previous figures but consisting of two movable portions only,
marked A. and B., these are pivoted or hinged at D. and are also so constructed that
they will move up and down with the legs of the rider.
Fig. 7. shows a method of connecting the movable portions of the saddles.
L. M. are two bevel or mitre wheels attached to the respective saddle portions A.
and B. having the pivot D. passing through their centres. N. is another bevel or
mitre wheel engaging into the two wheels L. M. N. is free to turn on its own
pivot X.
By this means the two portions A. and B. are so connected that when A. moves
up B. goes down and vice versa. Thus the two portions of the saddle move in exact
accordance with the legs of the rider and in conjunction with the movements of the
cycle cranks.
Figs. 9 and 10 show another method of connecting the saddle portions. In Fig. 9. R.
and T. are two spur wheels attached to the respective saddle portions A. and B.
Underneath these spur wheels there are two other spur wheels S. and U., S. being
in connection with R., and U. slightly separated from T., so that the spur wheels U.
and T. are not in gear. Fig. 10 shows a spur wheel V. which joins together
the wheels T. and U. Fig. 9. giving the wheel T. the reverse motion to the
wheel R.
Fig. 12. shows the two portions of the saddles working on the pivot F. with a
pulley W. fixed on a branch-over this pulley there is a strap X-this strap being
connected to the front end of the saddle as shown in Fig. 11. at Y. Y. so that when
the saddle B. is pushed down the strap pulls the saddle A. up, and vice versa.

page_text: Fig. 13. is a side view and Fig. 14. a front view of a method of connecting the
movable portions of the saddle, B. C., by a crossbeam Z. with rods II, the ends
of these rods having ball joints, so that when the part B. is raised the part C. is
brought down by the other end of the beam, & vice versa.
This arrangement can also be applied to the saddles shown in Figs. 4. and 5.
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:-
1. The improved saddle for bicycles, tricycles, and the like, substantially as
described and shown in drawings.
2. In bicycles, tricycles, and the like, the use of saddles constructed in two or
three portions, substantially as described and shown in drawings, the movable
portions being connected by gearing, or by strap, or by levers, in such a nanner
that when one portion is pushed down the other is caused to rise up.
3. In a saddle for bicycles, tricycles, and the like, the use of gearing, or straps,
or levers, for producing a uniform lift and fall of the separate portions of the
saddle, substantially as described and shown in drawings.
Dated this 25th day of February 1897.
E. E. WIGZELL.
Agent for Applicant.