Awning for Bicycles and other Vehicles.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Oct., 1893-Accepted, 4th Nov., 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Awning for Bicycles and other Vehicles.
I, ANDERS THEODOR MALM of Kristinehamn Sweden, Accountant at the.
Kristinehamn Works 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 arrangement which forms the object of this invention has for purpose to.
serve as protection against sun and rain for riders of bicycles and the like. The
invention may also be applied equally well to the outside seats of other wheeled
vehicles which have hitherto not been provided with such protection.
The invention is however best suited for bicycles and is, at least when it is of
such a construction as represented on the annexed drawing, particularly intended
for such. The awning may also be used advantageously as a sail for bicycles, and
the requisite adjustment of the awning is effected by a very easy manipulation.
Figure 1 of the drawing is a side view of the device partly in section.
Figure 2 represents the same in elevation and Figure 3 shows part of the awning
in plan.
Figure 4 indicates how the awning is applied to a bicycle.
The awning itself consists of a piece of cloth or fabric A extended on a suitable
frame so as to form a flat screen. One side of the frame cousists of a tolerably
strong lath or rod B, to which one edge of the awning is nailed its whole length.
From the ends of this rod project further, and at an angle to the same, two rods C
which are parallel to one another and which pass through the correspondingly
The outer
hemmed edges a of the cloth constituting thus attachments for these.
ends of the rods C are held apart by a side bar D fixed on to them, to which bar D
the cloth is not however fixed.
The awning constructed in this way is supported by a standard which in this
case is fixed to the handle bar of the bicycle and arranged as follows. It consists.
of two tubes E and F, of which the former E is telescoped into the latter F and
may be secured in the same by means of the set screw G screwed into and through.
the tube F. The lower end of the tube F is fixed to the steering bar H by means
of a jaw I the lower hook-shaped end of which takes under the handle-bar while in
the opposite end the end of the tube F is screwed in, which tube F provided below
with a dog will on being screwed down, tightly clasp the handle-bar so as to
retain the standard in the desired position. At the top of the tube E is an ordinary
ball and socket joint K and fixed to the ball is a rod L the top of which is fork-
shaped as represented on the drawing. To the legs of this fork the rod B is fixed
at its middle in such a way that the legs pass through corresponding holes, the
awning thus projecting horizontally.
The awning described can be easily taken apart and folded together into a small
parcel which is easily carried. The forked-shaped bar L is then pulled out of its
holes in the rod B. The cross bar D is taken off the ends of the rods C which
are then pulled out of the rod B and further out of the hems of the cloth A which
then can be wound round the rod B after the standard and the other rods have
been laid together alongside.
When the awning is secured to the bicycle in the way shown in Figure 4, it has
a horizontal position just above the rider but owing to the construction of the
standard which will allow of the same being adjusted, it may according to the
protection required have given it an oblique position or be adjusted at either side or
in front of the rider. The awning will however offer the least resistance to the
wind in the position shown in Figure 4 and is therefore preferably adjusted as
shown.

page_text: If the awning is to be used as a sail for a bicycle it may be given a vertical
position in front of the rider by turning the jaw I and pushing the rod L forward.
When in this position it is evident that it must be so placed that the rider has a
free look out. Suitable stays or
"sheets" secured to the ends of the rods may be
used. When using the awning in this way, the standard supporting the same may
however, if thought convenient, be fixed to another part than the steering bar H.
The awning may, as already stated, be used likewise with ordinary wheeled
vehicles, such as cabs or carriages, where it, extended above the box, may serve as
a good protection against sun and rain, particularly when the cab is waiting or on
the cab stand.
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 :-
1. An awning for bicycles and other vehicles which also may or may not be used
as a sail, consisting of a suitable frame covered with cloth and supported by an
adjustable standard fixed to a suitable place on the vehicle substantially as
described and shown.
2. The construction of awning as shown on the drawing.
Deted this 4th da
JENSEN & SON,
77, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agents.