A Bicycle Rest or Support.
Year: 1898

page_text: A Bicycle Rest or Support.
EDWARD ABRAM LEGROS, Pilot, Manora, Karachi, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows.
The invention is an original part of the bicycle used for two purposes.
(a) A stay for the mud guard when in motion
(6) A rest for the bicycle when not in motion.
The mud guard stay A of the front and rear wheels being detachable when
not in motion, the rod or stay is locked into a steel spring clutch B with a
ut in the centre attached to the edge of the mud guard, and thereby supporting
it, being made firm by a washer C fixed on the rod entering into the cut in the
spring.
(1) The rod or stay of the mud guard is by a simple and quick motion applied
to serve as a rest with but a very slight additional weight to the bicycle.
(2) Unlike other rests it is always attached to the machine and also does not
require carrying about as a separate article
(3) The hind wheel rest may be used alone to support the bicycle without
using the front one.
I, EDWARD ABRAM LEGROS, Pilot, Manora, Karachi, India, 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.-
The invention is an original part of the bicycle used for two purposes
(1) A stay for the mud guard when in motion,
(2) A rest or support for the bicycle when not in motion
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The mud guard stay on one side of the front and rear wheels being made
detachable when in motion, the rod or stay is locked into a steel spring clutch
with a cut in the centre which is attached to the edge of the mud guard, and
thereby supporting the mud guard, it being made firm by a washer fixed on the
rod entering into the cut in the spring
When not in motion this rod or stay is taken out of the spring clutch on the
mud guard, and by being connected by an extended washer to the hub of the
wheels, and slightly bent outwards, the rod working on an hinge is thereby

page_text: allowed to come downwards at the necessary angle, and reach the ground to
support the bicycle.
The rear wheel one can be used alone, or both front and rear, to apply the
rest 18 simple and quick by only one motion, there is no rattling noise, is clean
to ship and unship, is suitable for a lady's or gent's machine, whether locked or
unlocked, and when riding will not come unfastened in ordinary circumstances.
Unlike many other bicycle rests or supports it adds but a very minimum of
weight to the machine, it should be useful in touring, and for volunteer cycle
corps and the like, it is always in use, and the bicycle is safe when at a stand-
still being well supported towards its centre
The drawings of the invention refered to were forwarded with the application
for provisional protection
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:-
CLAIMS
(1). But a slight additional weight to the bicycle
(2). It does not require to be carried as a separate article when riding
(3). The hind wheel rest or support may be used alone without using the front
wheel one.