An Improved Umbrella and Sunshade Attachment for Bicycles and other Velocipedes.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 17th June, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 17th Mar., 1897-Accepted, 15th May, 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Umbrella and Sunshade Attachment for Bicycles and
other Velocipedes.
1 JOHN HARRIS, Gentleman, of 38 Gordon Square in the County of London, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of the present invention is to provide means for holding an umbrella
or sunshade over the head of the rider of a bicycle or tricycle, to protect the said
rider from rain or sun.
In carrying out my invention, I attach, by clamping or otherwise, to the seat-
pillar of the machine, a bent metal tube or rod, which projects upwardly at the back
of the saddle in a vertical direction. To this bent metal piece is secured an
upstanding telescopic rod or tube carrying at its summit the umbrella clamping
device. This device, which is jointed to its support, and provided with a set screw
to secure it at any required inclination, is furnished with clamps for holding the
handle of an ordinary umbrella or parasol.
By this means, an open umbrella or parasol may be held at any desired elevation
or inclination over the rider's head, and when not required, it may be disconnected
from its holder, closed, and fastened by clamps along the metal support before
mentioned. In this position, the umbrella or sunshade will be out of the way of
the rider, but will be ready to hand, when required for use.
With the arrangement above described, any ordinary umbrella may be used. The
arrangement, which is easily detachable, is preferably made of nickel tubing as being
both strong and light, but other material may be employed, if preferred.
Dated this 17th day of June 1896.
NEWTON & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Umbrella and Sunshade Attachment for Bicycles and
other Velocipedes.
I, JOHN HARRIS, Gentleman, of 38 Gordon Square in the County of London,
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 object of the present invention is to provide convenient detachable means for
holding an ordinary umbrella or sunshade over the head of the rider of a bicycle or
tricycle, to protect the said rider from rain or sun.
In the accompanying drawing I have shewn my invention adapted to a lady's
bicycle.
Fig. 1 shews a bicycle in side view, with the attachment in position supporting an
open.umbrella.

page_text: Fig. 2 shews the attachment only, holding the umbrella closed.
Fig. 3 is a side view, on a larger scale, of the supporting device, detached, the middle
part being broken away.
A is the supporting device or attachment, comprising a clamp B for engaging
with the seat pillar B of the bicycle below the seat. Projecting backwards from the
seat pillar, is a tubular rod a jointed to the clamp b, and capable of adjustment with
regard thereto by means of set screws (see Fig. 3), to vary the inclination, if desired.
The end of the rod a supports a tubular telescopic rod a' capable of adjustment
longitudinally, extending at right angles to the rod a in an upward direction. Af
the upper end of the adjustable telescopic rod a', is jointed a short rod c, carrying
clamping jaws c for gripping the umbrella handle in the manner to be seen at
Figure 1.
The rod c can be set at a proper inclination for holding the umbrella conveniently,
by fixing the joint in any suitable manner. d is a spring bolt adapted to engage
with teeth or serrations (not shewn) in the lug of the rod c, which forms with the
pivot pin d' a joint or hinge with the head of the rod a', and by this arrangement
the joint may be set at the angle desired.
When the umbrella is closed, it may be removed from the position shewn at
Fig. 1, and attached to the support differently, as at Fig. 2. In this position, as will
be seen, a spring clip e, near the rod a, holds the umbrella handle, while the point is
held by the jaws c' of the short rod c.
From the foregoing it will be seen that an open umbrella or parasol may thus be
held at any desired elevation or inclination over the rider's head, and, when not
required, it may be disconnected from its holder, closed, and fastened by clamps
along the metal support before mentioned. In this position, the umbrella or
sunshade will be out of the way of the rider, but will be ready to hand when required
for use.
With the arrangement above described, any ordinary umbrella may be used. The
arrangement, which is easily detachable, is preferably made of nickel tubing, as being
both strong and light, but other material may be employed, if preferred.
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 above described umbrella or sunshade attachment for cycles, comprising a
clamp for the seat pillar, an upwardly extending telescopic rcd suitably connected
therewith, and a clamping device for the umbrella, jointed to the head of the telescopic
rod, the whole arranged and operating substantially as set forth.
Dated this 15th day of March 1897
NEWTON & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.