An Improved Support for Bicycles.
Year: 1896

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Support for Bicycles.
I, HENRY SAMPSON KING, of 37 Walbrook, in the City of London, Gentleman
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to supports for bicycles and has for its object the construction
and arrangement of a supporting device carried upon the bicycle which can be placed
in position when desired to support the bicycle in a vertical or approximately vertical
position and alternatively can be removed from its operative position and held out of
the way upon the bicycle when the latter is being used or ridden.
To carry my invention into effect for example with the ordinary rear driving safety
I arrange upon any convenient portion of the main frame, two supports or legs which
are hinged thereto in such a manner that when folded down to touch the ground they
form a support on each side of the machine to prevent it falling sidewards, and when
not required are folded up out of the way and held in such position by fastening or
clipping them to the frame.
A convenient way to carry this out is to fasten or clip onto each of the two back
up and down members of the frame a hinge, or pivotting device to which is attached
the leg or support; the axis of the pivot or hinge is preferably inclined to the
horizontal so that when folded down the two legs diverge to form a wide base and
when turned into their upper position they converge, and may lie in close proximity
to the back member of the frame and be retained in such position by a spring clip or
other equivalent device. I may if desirable make the axis of the hinge or pivot to lie
parallel so that the legs fold outward.
I may fit my supports to any part of the main frame as long as they can be folded
down into their operative position and folded up and retained against the frame in the
non-operative position.
The supports may be tubular or solid or of any convenient shape or section.
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I, HENRY SAMPSON KING, of 37, Walbrook, in the City of London, 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:-
This invention relates to supports for bicycles and has for its object the construction
and arrangement of a supporting device carried upon the bicycle which can be placed
in position when desired to support the bicycle in a vertical or approximately vertical
position and alternatively can be removed from its operative position and held out of
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page_text: the way upon the bicycle when the latter is being used or ridden and in order that my
invention may be the better understood I now proceed to describe the same in relation
to the accompanying drawings hereunto annexed reference being had to the letters
and figures marked thereon.
Like letters refer to like parts in the various figures.
Figure 1 is a side elevation of an ordinary rear driving safety bicycle with my
invention attached thereto in its non-operative position and indicated in dotted lines
in its operative position.
Figure 2 is an end elevation of the same the supports being shown in their operative
position and indicated in dotted lines in their non-operative position.
Figures 3 and 4 are views of a specially constructed step adapted to engage the
supports when in their operative position.
Figures 5 and 6 are detailed views of the clipping devices to retain the supports in
their non-operative position.
Figure 7 is an enlarged detail view of one support with its attaching clip.
Figures 8 and 9 are views of a support for use on a lady's machine in substitution
of the step shown in Figures 3 and 4.
To carry my invention into effect I arrange upon the back members A of the main
frame two supports or legs B which are hinged to the clip or bracket C carried by the
frame A in such a manner that when folded down to touch the ground they form a
support on each side of the machine to prevent it falling sideways as shown in
Figure 2 and further when not required they can be folded up against the frame out
of the way and held in such position by fastening them or clipping them to the frame A
by spring clips D carried thereby.
In order to obtain great stability and to relieve the brackets and their pivots.
from undue strain I arrange the step E of forked formation as shown in Figures 3 and 4
and I fit one of these steps on each side of the machine as shown in Figure 2, or
equivalently on a ladies machine I substitute the forked devices E¹ shown in
Figures 8 and 9 in substitution of the step E.
When the legs B are folded down into their operative position they engage in the
forked step E which thus acts as a support.
It is obvious I may of course substitute any convenient forked devices fixed to any
part of the frame.
In Figure 5 I show a clipping device E which embraces the tube A and is fixed
thereon by a screw a; the device being made of flexible material such as steel so that
the ends may be sprung open to allow the support B to be pushed between and held
by them, or equivalently I may form the device D as shown in Figure 6 which consists
of two spring clips rivetted together, one clip being adapted to embrace the tube A
and the other clip the support B.
In some cases I form the support B of a tube and insert in the end of the tube a
pointed rod F made to slide adjustably therein and adapted to be fixed in any desired
position by a nut G screwed upon the end of the support B so as to grip the pointed
rod F.
A special feature of my invention is that it is constructed in such a way as to be
readily and simply attached to any ordinary existing machine without requiring any
alteration in the construction of the said machine.
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
claim is :-
1st. In a safety bicycle the arrangement of a leg hinged to each of the back member
of the frame and adapted to fold downward to touch the ground in their operative
position to support the bicycle and to fold up against the frame and to be retained in
such non-operative position by suitable retaining devices, substantially as described.
2nd. In a supporting device as claimed in Claim 1 the combination of the hinged
supporting legs with forked shaped engaging devices carried on the frame at a poin
away from the axis of rotation of the hinged legs, substantially as described.

page_text: 3rd. A supporting device for a safety bicycle consisting of a leg pivotted to a
bracket adapted to be clipped about or fastened to the back diagonal member or
members of the frame, an engaging device upon the frame adapted to engage the said
leg or support at a point away from the axis of movement of the said leg and a spring
or other clip arranged on the frame to hold the leg or support in the non-operative
position, substantially as described.
4th. The arrangement and construction of a supporting device for a safety bicycle
substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 2nd day of March 1897.
FELL & JAMES,
1, Queen Victoria Street, London, E.C., Agents for the Applicant.