Improvements in or appertaining to Bicycles, whereby they can be Made to Stand on a Level Road without other Extraneous Support.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Nov., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 2nd Feb., 1894-Accepted, 3rd Mar.,
1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or appertaining to Bicycles, whereby they can
be Made to Stand on a Level Road without other Extraneous
Support.
I, ANDREW ALEXANDER LEGG of 30, Chestnut Grove, Tranmere, in the
County of Chester, Hat and Cap Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object an arrangement whereby a bicycle can be its
own bicycle stand, and it consists essentially in hinging to the backbone, the fork
or other convenient part of the apparatus one or preferably a couple of foldable or
elongated legs. These legs are preferably made in one or two ways, either jointed
and hinged so as to lie flat against the backbone, or telescopic with spring catches
to hold them when in the expanded or contracted condition. In this case also they
can be hinged to the backbone and kept against it by a spring clasp. It is obvious
however that once give the idea of throwing out two lateral supports, hinged to the
bicycle itself, there are numerous ways by which this can be done.
Dated the 31st day of October 1893.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Patent Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: Hinged or attached to the two legs are preferably two bars G; these stand out
horizontal when the device is in position. They act as a guard to prevent the
wheel turning on its steering axis. It will be noticed that clip C. has two side
spring clips H attached thereto to hold the legs F in position and to prevent them
flying out with a jerk.
Figure 5 shows the device in more detail. In this, the spring clip B is made to
open wide naturally and is forcibly closed on the frame and attached by screw K.
The spring however can be made of greater strength and arranged as set forth in
Figure 7. In this particular arrangement, there are joints in the main legs at M M
and at M similar to Figure 6, and ordinary elbow joints at N N allowing only of
the movement of bars G through an angle of about 90 degrees.
The mode of action is as follows.
When the rider gets off his bicycle and wishes to leave it standing in the
road, he lifts the legs F out of their clip C and straightens them out so as to
stand astraddle of the front wheel; the bars G are then placed at right angles
so as to hold the wheel. If, at the time that the legs are expanded in position,
the wheel is somewhat raised and allowed to descend, the spikes D are driven
firmly into the ground and it requires considerable force to upset the bicycle.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is―.
1. The improvement in or appertaining to bicycles which consists in the attach-
ment to them of two jointed or telescopic legs which can be spread out astraddle
and thus give lateral support to the bicycle when standing.
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2. In apparatus for the purposes described the combination of a clip or attachment
to the bicycle and a pair of jointed or telescopic legs hinged thereto and so arranged
as to be capable of closing up and being clipped against the framework of the
machine.
3. In conjunction with such a pair of lege, the wheel guards G for the purposes
described
ibed
Dated this 1st day of February 1894.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, Nottingham, and London,
Patent Agents..