Improvements in Bicycle Stands.
Year: 1897

page_text: Improvements in Bicycle Stands.
I, WILLIAM LESTER SMITHI, of 29, Freeth Street, in the City of Birmingham,
Manager, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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This invention relates to stands for supporting cycles when out of use, or
whilst being cleaned or the like, and particularly to stands of the folding type,
in which the supporting legs cross each other and are jointed at the intersecting
points.
The object of my invention is to improve the construction of such stands, and
to render them cheap to produce, efficient and not liable to get out of order by
use.
The improved stand consists of an obliquely disposed leg member, raking
upwardly from the back to the front, and being supported towards the front by
an oblique rest leg, raking from the front towards the back, but at a less angle
than the first-named member, which constitutes, as it were, the back bone to the
framing and consists of a pair of side by side bars or laths separated by a space
equal to the thickness of the upper part of the supporting leg, which is cross
jointed at the point where it intersects, and is exended upwards beyond the said
point. The side by side members may be braced together at each end by a dis
tance piece, and have a block piece contiguous to the joint, forming a stop or
check for preventing the jointed together parts from opening out too
far, and against which an edge of the supporting leg, immediately
adjacent to the joint, comes. The rest parts of the supporting
member and the back bone are cross crutch ended or have suitable
feet, whilst jointed to the two terminal ends, or adjacent to the ends of the back-
bone member are jointed clips or holders, adapted for receiving, the back and
front wheels respectively of the machine to be supported.
I do not confine myself to the particular form of block stop herein described,
as a suitable part of the construction may be provided with a cross pin or collar,
which may be either fixed or adjustable, or the crutch ends or feet may be
pivotedly jointed to the rest ends of the supporting legs and members.
When out of use, the stands admit of being collapsed or folded upon one
another so as to take up but little space.
Dated this 13th day of December 1897.

page_text: improvements in DiCycle Stanus.
I, WILLIAM LESTER SMITH, of 29, Freeth Street, in the City of Birmingham,
Manager, 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 stands for supporting cycles when out of use, or
whilst being cleaned or the like, and particularly to stands of the folding type,
in which the supporting legs cross each other and are jointed at the intersecting
points.
The object of my invention is to improve and simplify the construction of
such stands and to render them perfectly rigid when in use, without the aid of
supplementary bracing members or stays. The said improvements consist essen-
tially in the employment, in conjunction with such folding stands, of a block or
stop arranged contiguous to the joint of the crossing members and adapted to
limit the extent to which the same may be opened out.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents an elevation of my im-
proved bicycle stand, showing the same in use for supporting a bicycle.
Figure 2 is a topside plan of the said stand, but upon a reduced scale to that
of Figure 1.
Figure 3 is an end elevation of the stand, upon the same scale as Figure 2,
looking from the back end.
Figure 4 is a longitudinal section of Figure 2 upon the dotted line x.
Figure 5 is an underside plan of Figure 4, showing the disposition of the
locking stop, and with the forward leg or supporting member shown in section
upon the dotted line a¹, of Figure 4.
The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures
of the drawings.
The improved construction of stand, as represented in the drawings, consists
of an obliquely disposed leg member a, raking upwardly from the back to the
front and being supported, towards the front by an oblique rest leg b, raking from
the front towards the back, but at a less angle than the first-named member,
which constitutes, as it were, the back bone to the framing and consists of a pair
of side by side bars or laths ¹, separated by a space equal to the thickness of the
upper part of the supporting leg, which is cross jointed by a pin c, at the point where
the two members intersects, and is extended upwards at 62, beyond the said joint
to form, with the upper part of the principal member, an angular seating d,
wherein the bottom bracket e¹, of a bicycle e, rests, as seen in Figure 1. The side
by side members may be braced together at each end by distance pieces such
as a, a³, whilst f, is a stop or block piece, secured to the underside of the
member a, contiguous to the joint and forming a stop or check for preventing the
jointed together parts from opening out too far, and against which the front
edge b', of the supporting leg b, immediately adjacent to the joint, comes.
rest parts of the supporting member and the back bone are cross crutch ended
or have suitable spreading feet such as a, 63, whilst jointed to the two terminal
ends, or adjacent to the ends of the backbone member are pairs of clips or
holders g, h, adapted for receiving the back and front wheels respectively of the
machine to be supported.
The
I do not confine myself to the particular form of block stop herein described,
as a suitable part of the construction may be provided with a cross pin or
cottar, which may be either fixed or adjustable, or the crutch ends or feet may be
pivotedly jointed to the rest ends of the supporting legs and members.

page_text: Further, the principal member may consist of one length of material only
and the front or rest leg may be formed of a pair of parallel separated laths,
through which the principal member passes and is jointed. The crossing block
is secured to the backbone or principal leg, and has extended side portions
against which the rest leg abuts, or the said stop may be carried by the front
or rest leg.
When out of use, the members of the stand admit of being collapsed or folded
upon one another so as to take up but little space.
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:-
First: A folding cycle stand, consisting of crossing leg members or supports,
jointed at the point of their intersection, and provided with a cross stop for
limiting the opening out of the said legs, substantially as described and set forth.
Secondly: A cycle stand, comprising crossing and jointed-together leg mem-
bers or supports, limited in their opening movement by a cross stop or blocking
piece arranged contiguous to the joint, and with the front supporting or rest
member having an upward extension, constituting with a portion of the other
member, a seating or rest for the bottom bracket of a bicycle, substantially as
described and set forth.
Thirdly: In a cycle stand, the combination with an inclined member such
as a, and a front supporting leg such as b, of hinged wheel clips g, and h, spread-
ing feet a, b, and a crossing stop such as f, constructed and arranged substan-
tially as and for the purpose herein described and set forth.
Dated th 1641
1000
WILLIAM LESTER SMITH,
By Henry Skerrett,
24, Temple Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.