Improved Portable Bicycle Stand and Lock Combined.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Feb., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 25th Nov., 1895-Accepted, 28th Dec., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Portable Bicycle Stand and Lock Combined.
I, HENRY WINSOR WOODWARD, of Chicopee, Mass., U.S.A., Inventor, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to provide a simple, neat, and cheap stand or
support for bicycles, which can be readily carried upon the machine when out of
use.
A. further object of the invention is to combine with the stand, a lock, so as
to render the bicycle incapable of movement.
By this invention, I provide a suitable clip, which can be readily attached to the
frame of the machine by set-screws or the like. A socket, forming part of a ball
joint, is hinged to the clip. A stem or leg projects from the ball of the universal
joint and has a suitable foot fitted to or formed at its end. This foot may consist
of rubber or other material or substance which does not readily slip.
A bracket is secured to the frame of the bicycle to support the free end of the
leg when out of use; the hinge-joint rendering it capable of being raised.
When in use, the leg of the device forms a strut to support the bicycle; the
universal joint permitting it to be placed in any position.
A lock and chain are combined with the bracket and provide means for
preventing the bicycle from being moved.
Dated this 22nd day of February 1895.
W. H. MUNNS,
Agent for Applicant.
Improved Portable Bicycle Stand and Lock Combined.
I, HENRY WINSOR WOODWARD, of Chicopee, Mass., U.S.A., Inventor, 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 devices for supporting bicycles in an upright position
when not in use and without the assistance of stationary objects, such as buildings,
trees, etc., and the object in view is to provide a simple, inexpensive and efficient
apparatus adapted to be carried in a convenient position upon the machine and
capable of being readily and quickly manipulated to assume its operative or its
folded position.
Further objects and advantages of my invention will appear in the following
description, and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the
claim.
In the drawings
Figure 1 is a side view of a bicycle provided with a supporting attachment
embodying my invention, the parts being shown in full lines in their operative
positions.
Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a supporting leg with parts detached to show
means for connecting to a machine.

page_text: Fig. 3 is a detail view of the holder.
Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the attachment to show the construction of
the joint between the members.
Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of
the drawings.
1 represents a supporting leg which is connected by a universal joint 2 to the
socket piece 3 such socket piece being pivotally connected to a depending tang 4
of the clamp 5. Such clamp comprises the separable members 6 and 7 of which
7 carries the said depending tang 4, and 6 is pivotally connected to the member 7
and is provided with a slotted free end 8 engaged by a locking screw 9. The
members of the clamp are separable and connected by means of bolts in order to
permit of adjustment to fit bars of different sizes. The depending tang 4 fits in a
bifurcation 10 at the upper end of the socket piece and is provided with an
irregular shaped end, having a sharp angle 11 and a rounded angle 12, as shown
clearly in Fig. 4, whereby the socket piece may be swung in one direction to a
position at a right-angle to the plane of the clamp, and in the other position is
checked in alignment with the tang, or in the plane of the clamp. The forward
swing of said socket piece is checked to enable the supporting leg to maintain a
rigid position, and the rearward swing of said socket piece is adapted to enable the
free end of the supporting leg to be elevated to engage a holder 13 which is
secured to a fixed portion of the framework of the bicycle. This holder consists
of a spring jaw having one of its arms bent laterally and then upon itself to form
a loop 14 and again upon itself to form an oppositely extending loop 15, an
adjusting bolt 16 being fitted in registering openings in the sides of said loops and
adapted, when tightened, to contract the loops to engage the portion of the frame
encircled by the loop 15.
Threaded upon the lower end of the supporting leg is a foot piece 17 to which is
attached a shoe 18 preferably of rubber or similar elastic or friction material.
Said shoe is secured to the foot piece by means of screws 19 to permit of
replacement when the parts become worn.
Connected to the main or lower member of the clamp by means of a pivot
screw 20 and a loop 21 are a luck 22 and a chain 23 which are adapted to be
.engaged by said lock. Thus the chain and lock, which are used in the ordinary
way to secure the parts of the machine against operation when not in use are
carried by the supporting attachment, thus combining the functions of both in a
single apparatus.
The universal or ball and socket joint by which the upper end of the supporting
arm is connected to the socket piece permits of a freedom of movement of the
supporting leg which is desirable in a device of this kind in that it enables the
rider to adjust such leg in position to compensate for irregularities in the pavement
or surface to prevent the machine from being affected by grade etc.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
The combination with a supporting leg, and meaus for connecting the same to a
machine, of a holder having a jaw to receive said supporting leg, oppositely
disposed loops 14 and 15 formed integral with one side of said jaw, one of the
loops being adapted to engage the framework of the machine, and an adjusting
screw engaging registering perforations on the sides of the loops, substantially as
specified.
Dated thin 9th of Novemb. 100%