Improved Hangers or Supports for Cycles.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Dec., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 16th Sept., 1898-Accepted, 19th Nov., 1898
Improved Hangers or Supports for Cycles.
We, HENRY WILLIAM STONES, of 95, Ashbourne Grove, Monks Road, Lincoln,
Cabinet Maker, and FREDERICK HIGGS, of 187, High Street, Lincoln, Manufac-
turer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:--
This invention has for object, the construction and employment of out stretched
arms on pivot legs capable of being enclosed by insertion into one or more socket
plates affixable to a wall, a cycle house, or shed, the arms being set at the re-
quired angles and be so pinched and held fast by a screw or other appliance.
The two arms are so made that one can be set over the other or partially so,
or they can be entirely apart as desired as not to project (when closed), or interfere
with the closing of, say, a door on to which the socket plate or plates can be
secured.
Both ends of the socket plate or plates are alike and can be fitted either end
uppermost.
The outer ends of the arms have each a rubber or other cap where it is hook
shaped for hanging a cycle from such as during the cleaning, oiling, repairing;
or other necessary work to be performed.
For railway or other carrying system of transport, the apparatus will be of ad-
vantage from the small space it occupies and the ready means of fixing the arins
in an open or in closed in condition by, say, a thumb screw.
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said Henry William Stones, and Frederick Higgs.
improveu fangers or supports for ycres.
We, HENRY WILLIAM STONES, of 190, High Street, late of 95, Ashbourne Grove,
Monks Road, Lincoln, Cabinet Maker, and FREDERICK HIGGS, of 187, High Street,
Lincoln, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:
This invention has for object, the construction and employment of out-stretched

page_text: arms on pivot legs capable of being enclosed by insertion into one or more socket
plates affixable to a wall, a cycle house, or shed, the arms being set at the re-
quired angles and be so pinched and held fast by a screw or other appliance.
The two arms are so made that. one can be set over the other, or partially so;
or they can be entirely apart as desired as not to project (when closed), or interfere
with the closing of, say, a door on to which the socket plate or plates can be
secured.
Both ends of the socket plate or plates are alike and can be fitted either end
uppermost.
The outer ends of the arms have each a rubber or other cap where it is hook
shaped for hanging a cycle from such as during the cleaning, oiling, repairing;
or other necessary work to be performed.
For railway or other carrying system of transport, the apparatus will be of ad-
vantage from the small space it occupies and the ready means of fixing the arms
in an open or in closed in condition by, say, a thumb screw.
Our invention is clearly represented on the annexed sheet of drawings.
Figure 1 elevation of a pair of hangers with pivot stems in the same socket or
fixing plate and arranged one above the other as to occupy little space against a
wall or surface to which the socket plate is affixed.
Figure 2 plan of socket plate with the pivot stems of the hangers in position and
locked by the pinch screw or fly nut.
Figure 3 shows two pairs of hangers with a lady's and a gentleman's bicycle
respectively suspended from the rubber capped or hooked ends, the hangers being
affixed from both faces of a pedestal or column as a support, (this being of an
ornamental character for convenience) by double socket plates referred to
previously.
A, A, are the out-stretched arms. B, B, pivot legs of same. C, socket plate
affixable to wall D of a dwelling house, a cycle house or shed, or other place.
E, pinch screw arranged centrally in the socket plate C to pinch and fix the
legs B, B, or of one of them only as found convenient. E, E, india rubber or
other cushion like caps on the crooks of the arms A, A, in or on which a cycle or
cycles can be suspended at a distance from the supporting plate so that cleaning,
oiling, or renewal of faulty parts of a cycle can be effected without the usual
stooping of the attendant.
The pedestal or column F shown at Figure 3 gives a fair idea of how a pair of
cycles could be made to adorn a conservatory, an outhouse, or a bay window,
instead of being pushed and ignored in some coal cellar or lumber loft when not
required for riding purposes, the pedestal also serving for supporting choice or
other plants on the top G, such as is represented in addition to vases of flowers on
the shelf H.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:-
Hangers for cycles affixable and adjustable in socket plates as aforesaid, con-
sisting of the outstretched arms A, A, on pivot legs B affixable by pinch screw E,
as and for the purpose explained.
The 10th day of September 1898.
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H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said Henry William Stones, and Frederick Higgs.