An Improved Apparatus for Packing Bicycles and the like.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Dec., 1898-Accepted, 18th Feb., 1899
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Apparatus for Packing Bicycles and the like.
I, AUGUST TEPPE, of Hofgeismar, in the Empire of Germany, Inventor, 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 present invention relates to a novel packing case or device, which is both
simple and practical, for ordinary bicycles, admitting of these latter being packed
in a few minutes for transport etc. This improved packing case or device, which
can be opened instantly, offers the great advantage of being capable of being
folded up in such a manner 28 to occupy but little space, and to be capable of
being easily fixed to the frame of the bicycle, or carried in a net or pocket.
In the annexed drawing is represented; as an example, one form of con-
struction of my invention, applied to an ordinary type of bicycle.
The improved apparatus or device for packing consists essentially of a covering
frame a a of a triangular shape which is placed upon the saddle and the steering
handle bar of the said bicycle, and of two hinged or jointed shoe pieces b b placed
beneath the wheels of the machine, as is shown in the annexed drawing. The
three portions of the apparatus are connected together by means of rods having
joints or hinges e, arranged and interlaced in the manner shown in the drawing
by way of example. For this purpose, the frame a a as well as the shoc pieces b b
are provided with hooks and eyes respectively in order to facilitate the fixing
of the said rods to these parts. The different rods c are moreover provided with
tension keys or devices which admit of the frame a a and the shoe pieces.bb
of being tightened upon the corresponding parts of the bicycle, and to impart to
the entire packing case or device the necessary rigidity and solidity. In order
to complete the above described packing case or device the whole may be covered
with a cloth or cover of any suitable material (not shown in the drawing) which
can be easily attached to the rods c of the apparatus, and which might serve the
cyclist for the purpose of protecting himself against the rain during 'his excursions.
The shoe pieces 6 b, which are also provided with hinges or joints e, can be applied
to the outer part of the cycle frame and thus form mudguards.
From the foregoing, it will be seen that the novel packing case or device is in
no wise cumbersome for transport, and does not in any event damage the enamel,
or the parts of the bicycle when it is applied thereto, as is generally the result
with the costly packing cases or devices employed up to the present time.
Furthermore this packing case or device is of the lowest possible minimum
weight, and admits of any cyclist himself packing his machine in a few minutes
for a transportation of any description.
It is well understood that I do not limit myself to the construction and the
arrangement of the different parts of my invention, as is indicated in the annexed
drawing, inasmuch as these parts may be constructed and arranged in any other
manner without departing in anyway from the nature, or deviating from the
principle of my said invention.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1. A packing apparatus or device for bicycles and other vehicles of an analogous
nature, characterized by a covering frame aa arranged on the saddle and the
steering or handle of the vehicle, and by shoe pieces bb of any appropriate form
placed underneath the wheels of the vehicle, this frame and these shoe pieces being
connected together by hinged or jointed rods provided with suitable arrangements
for imparting to them the desired tension, with the view of giving to the whole
of the packing case or device the necessary rigidity.
2. In the packing apparatus or device claimed in the first claim, the combina-
tion with a cover frame a a of a suitable form and construction of the hinged
shoe pieces bb, of the rods provided with hinges or joints and tension keys or
devices, and of a cloth or cover, of any description of material, covering the
different parts of the apparatus and consequently also the vehicle to be packed,
in substance as hereinabove described and as represented in the annexed 'drawing.
Dated this 30th day of December 1898.
J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, London, W., Agent for the Applicant.