An Improvement in Cycle Saddle Covers.
Year: 1894

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Cycle Saddle Covers.
EDWARD KING MASON of 12 and 14 Bath Row Birmingham in the County of
Warwick Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
:-
My invention has for its object an easy elastic or rebounding moveable seat cover
the said improvement consists of making up the pad of buffed leather stuffed with
wool or horse hair or any other similar material. The pad is made up as follows:-
A foundation or shell of leather with an interposed body of wool or horse hair or
any other similar material, the outer or top covering is made of chamois or buffed
leather by which you obtain a non-slipping seat.
Ventilating holes are made by piercing the pad or cover like ordinary cycle
saddle seats & in some cases bringing the upper leather round the edges of the
lower & then stitching it. The pad is fixed on to the seat by means of leather
straps with buckles or laces of suitable material.
Dated this 21st Sontember 1804
EDWARD KING MASON.
An Improvement in Cycle Saddle Covers.
I EDWARD KING MASON of 12 and 14 Bath Row Birmingham in the County of
Warwick 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 :-
My invention has for its object an easy elastic or rebounding moveable seat cover
the said improvement consists of making up the pad of buffed, or other leather
stuffed with wool or horse hair or any other suitable material. The pad is made
up as follows-A foundation or shell of leather with an interposed body of wool or
horse hair or any other suitable material the outer or top covering is made of chamois
or buffed leather by which I obtain a non-slipping seat. Ventilating holes are
made by piercing the pad or cover like ordinary cycle saddle seats and in
some cases bringing the upper leather round the edges of the lower and then
stitching it.
The pad is fixed on to the seat by means of leather straps with buckles or laces
of suitable material.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried
into practise, I have appended hereunto a sheet of drawings upon which I have
fully illustrated the nature of my said improvements.
Figure 1 is a general view of one of my cycle saddle covers.
Figure 2 is a longitudinal section.
Figure 3 is a cross section on the line 1-2.
Figure 4 is a similar cross section on the line 3-4.
In carrying my invention in effect I form an additional padded cover A to fit
upon the ordinary seat of the saddle. This cover A consists of the foundation

page_text: or shell C of leather with the buffed leather or chamois covering A attached
thereto.
Intermediately between the shell C and cover A' is stuffed with wool horse-hair
or any other suitable material B the stuffing being so distributed over the centre
part as to form nicely rounded edges at a³. The stitching at retains the stuffing in
position there being no need for padding in the side flaps A* of the saddle. The
cover A may be perforated to suit any perforations in the saddle as for instance
with a central perforation E and the edges of the covering material A' which is of
a soft nature may be turned over the edges of the stiffer shell C at c' and stitched
thereto. The pad may be fixed on to the seat of the saddle in various ways but I
prefer to attach it by the leather straps F which are attached to the cover A and
are provided with the buckles f¹. I do not confine myself to the exact materials
herin described or to the general configuration as illustrated as that would be
modified to suit the shape of the various saddles to be met with.
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
A new or improved detachable cycle saddle cover consisting of a shell C and
outer covering A with intermediate stuffing B substantially as herin set forth and
shewn upon the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 19th day of July 1895.
EDWARD KING MASON.