Improvements in Velocipede Saddles.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Mar., 1896
Complete Specification Loft 28th Dec 1806 Accented 13th Feb
1807
I EDWIN WOODS of 13 Wilson Patten Street, Warrington, in the County of
Lancaster Wire Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
Velocipede saddles when wide enough to be comfortable for long distances do
not allow sufficient freedom for the action of the legs when pedalling, and again if
so narrow as to permit full freedom in the exercise of the legs are excessively
uncomfortable if used continuously for any considerable time.
Now the object of my invention is to construct a saddle so that both the
advantages of a wide support for comfort and a narrow seat for action shall be
combined.
For that purpose I make the saddle in three pieces longitudinally a central
portion carried and constructed in any usual way but preferably of woven wire as
patented by me in the year 1894 under the serial numbers 17337 and 21007 and two
side portions pivotted to the central portion near the rear. The said side pieces
are held up by springs, and the front ends thereof are free to rise and fall with the
action of the legs independently of the central portion. The side portions instead
of being pivotted may be carried by or in guides..
J. JOHNSON,
Agent.
Improvements in Velocipede Saddles.
I EDWIN WOODS of 13 Wilson Patten Street, Warrington, in the County of
Lancaster, Wire Manufacturer, 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 :-
Velocipede saddles when wide enough to be comfortable for long distances do not
allow sufficient freedom for the action of the legs when pedalling and again if so
narrow as to permit full freedom in the exercise of the legs are excessively
uncomfortable if used continuously for any considerable time.
Now the object of my invention is to construct a saddle so that both the
advantages of a wide support for comfort, and a narrow seat for action, shall be
combined.
For that purpose I make the saddle in three pieces longitudinally, a central
portion carried and constructed in any usual way, but preferably of woven wire as
patented by me in the year 1894 under the serial numbers 17337 and 21007, and
two side portions pivotted to the central portion near the rear.
The said side pieces are held up by springs and the front ends thereof are

page_text: free to rise and fall with the action of the legs independently of the central
portion.
The side portions instead of being pivotted may be carried by or in guides.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS,
Fig. 1 is a perspective view, Fig. 2 is an end view, and Fig. 3 is a plan looking
from below, of a velocipede saddle constructed in accordance with my invention.
a is the central portion of the saddle formed of woven wire similar to that used
for woven wire mattresses; b, c are end pieces to which the woven wire is secured
so that the surface thereof assumes an arched form. d are the usual wires for
attaching the saddle to a velocipede by clips in the usual manner. e are the side
portions of the saddle formed as pads secured to plates f: the plates fare supported
on wires g, coiled at h, and attached to the end pieces c at i. The coiled wires
at h form springs for holding up the side portions e and also act as pivots so as to
allow of the front ends of such side portions rising and falling with the action of
the legs resting, or partially resting, thereon. The side portions are prevented from
rising too far by projections; which bear against the under surface of the woven
wire a.
Instead of making use of the coils h, of the wires as pivots, the side
portions e may be attached to the piece e by pivots or hinges of any convenient
kind and the said side portions may be held up by spiral or other springs as desired.
Also instead of the side portions being carried on pivots they may be carried on
pieces free to slide up and down in guides.
The central portion a may be of any suitable construction and material instead
of woven wire as described.
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 :-
The combination in a velocipede saddle of a central portion and independently
movable side portions substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
Dated this Twenty-fourth day of December 1896.
W. B. JOHNSON,
4 Clayton Square, Liverpool, Agent.