Improvements in and relating to the Saddles of Velocipedes.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Feb., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 6th Apr., 1894-Accepted, 12th May, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to the Saddles of Velocipedes.
I, CHARLES LE SUEUR of 15, Charing Cross, St. Helier's Jersey, Gentleman
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to a new or improved saddle for bicycles, tricycles, and
other velocipedes and consists in forming a saddle of a peakless horse-shoe shaped
frame, mounted upou suitable springs, and fitted with a cover of plain or corrugated
leather, padded with any suitable material, or fitted with an air or spring cushion.
The said frame is scientifically constructed with special reference to the pelvis for
adaptation to the tuberosity of the ischium, whereby pressure on the perinæum and
rectum will be entirely avoided and the serious dangers of prostatic, bladder and
womb diseases, altogether prevented.
The saddle is further furnished with a spherical socket or other suitable adjustable
tilting mechanism, so as to enable the same to be conveniently attached or fixed to
the saddle pins of various kinds of cycles, to enable the rider to assume the natural
sitting position, and to obviate the sickle spine or stoop now so common with
cyclists, which eventually ends in a permanent distortion of the vertebra.
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F. G. CASSELL,
Of Cassell & Co.,
22, Glasshouse Street, Regent Street, London, W.,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to the Saddles of Velocipedes.
I, CHARLES LE SUEUR of 15, Charing Cross, St. Helier's Jersey, 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 relates to a new or improved saddle for bicycles, tricycles, and
other velocipedes and consists in forming a saddle of a peakless horse-shoe frame
furnished with suitable springs, and fitted with a cover of plain or corrugated
leather or other suitable material, padded or not as desired and furnished around
the edge with an air, spring, or padded cushion.
The frame is scientifically constructed with special reference to the pelvis for
adaptation to the tuberosities of the ischia, whereby pressure on the perinæum and
rectum will be entirely avoided and the serious dangers of prostatic, bladder, and
womb diseases altogether prevented.
The saddle is furnished with suitable adjustable tilting mechanism, so as to
enable the same to be conveniently attached or fixed to the saddle pins of various
kinds of cycles, to enable the rider to assume the natural sitting position, and to
obviate the sickle spine or stoop now so common with cyclists, which eventually
ends in a permanent distortion of the vertebræ.
In order that my invention may be more fully understood I will now proceed to
describe same with reference to the accompanying drawings in which
Fig. 1 is a plan of my improved saddle, Fig. 2 being an underside plan of same.

page_text: Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a saddle according to my invention and Fig. 4 a cross
section through the seat of same.
Fig. 5 is a front elevation of the tilting arrangement in detail.
My improved saddle consists of a peakless horse-shoe shaped frame formed
of wire or other suitable material w the ends of which, after forming the frame of
the said saddle are bent underneath to form springs ss as clearly shown in Fig. 3,
the straight ends g g resting upon the lugs to which they are secured by the
straps a a¹ by means of nuts n n' the said lugs being connected together by the
plate p furnished with a downward projection b which, when connected by bolt and
nut n² to a corresponding projection 6 of the part 62 forms the tilting device, the
aforesaid part 62 being furnished with a central hole or perforation c¹ by means of
which it may be attached to the saddle pin and secured in any desired position
by the set screw x.
The upper part or frame w of my improved saddle is furnished with a covering
of leather, plain, corrugated or roughened india-rubber, or other suitable material ĭ,
attached by means of stitches or secured in any other convenient manner and
furnished with a cushion c surrounding the edge of same, the said cushion being
stuffed with flock horse-hair or the like, or for preference the said cushion may be
furnished with an air tube within same, to be inflated in a similar manner to the
pneumatic of a velocipede, the whole modelled and arranged with special reference
to the pelvis as a new method of supporting the tuberosities of the ischia (the
cushioned bones designed by nature as the seat of the human frame) without
restricting the gluteal muscles, but giving perfect freedom of action to the limbs, at
the same time avoiding any pressure on the pelvic viscera with its consequent
serious dangers of prostatic, bladder, and womb diseases.
The frame is so constructed as to give the requisite elasticity without the use of
cumbersome springs and by means of the attachment hereinbefore described, and
shown in detail in Fig. 5, the saddle may be secured in any position along the
saddle pin of the machine, and tilted at any desired angle.
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. The new or improved saddle for velocipedes of peakless horse-shoe shape,
furnished with the stuffed or air cushion c substantially as described and shown for
the purpose specified.
2. In combination with the above the wire frame w with springs s s¹ and tilting
attachment described and shown with reference to Fig. 5 of the accompanying
drawings, the whole arranged and constructed as herein described and shown for
the purposes specified.
3. The new or improved saddle for velocipedes substantially as described and
shown and for the purposes specified.-
Dated this 4th day of Anril 1904