Year: 1886

page_text: I MARGARET LOUISA CORRIE, of Downside, Woking, in the County of Surrey,
the wife of William Malcolm Corrie, of the same place, 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 the construction of a suitable guard or screen to be
fixed to the frame of a tricycle or similar machine for the sake of screening the
feet and ankles of lady cyclists, and preventing them becoming objects of obser-
vation to individuals behind.
In carrying my invention into effect I provide a screen of a proper height width
and shape and of any suitable material, which is suspended from the frame of the
machine, the suspension fittings being adjustable as well as removeable.
In order that my invention and the means by which the same may be carried
into practical effect, I will now describe the same in detail referring in so doing to
the accompanying figures which are to be taken as part of this specification and
read therewith, and in which like parts are throughout marked with the same
reference letter.
Fig. 1 is a front elevation illustrating the application of my invention to a
tricycle.
Fig. 2 is a side elevation of part of the same machine.
Fig. 3 is a perspective view of my invention to a larger scale.
Fig. 4 is a front elevation illustrating a variant construction.
A is the guard or screen.
It is made of sheet metal, woven wire, or any other suitable material strengthened
when necessary by the addition of a wire frame or braces.
The length of the guard itself is proportioned to the height of the seat above
the ground, the bottom edge of the guard being as near the ground as may be
without coming into contact with the inequalities incidental to the surfaces of such
roads as are taken by lady cyclists.
In plan the guard is preferably concave to the front, as this shape makes the
guard an efficient screen from more points of view than if it were flat, and as the
lower part is wider than the upper, the bottom edge being about one third longer
than the upper, thereby the guard serves as an efficient screen to the rider's feet
and ankles as the latter move with the treadles,

page_text: The guard is suspended from the frame of the machine by two bars connected in
any convenient way to the guard and terminating in eyes.
Each bar B is made in two parts b, 61, which are made in any convenient and
well-known way so as to be adjustable in respect of their length. The means
illustrated in the figures by which this adjustability is secured is simple and
effective, although other well-known means may be employed. The two parts b, 61
overlap and have formed in them a line of holes through a pair of which a
tightening screw or bolt b³ is passed.
C, C are the eyes or clips of a size proper for tightly embracing any suitable part
of the machine from which it can be suspended for the purpose of my invention.
They are shewn as capable of being loosened or tightened by means of bolts and
nuts c, c.
I sometimes form a knuckle 6' on each of the lower bars b¹. This allows of the
guard being held back, when from the loneliness of the road traversed, it can be
of
conveniently dispensed with. Any convenient device of the lever or other type
mechanism may be employed for raising or lowering the guard.
In Figs. 1 to 3 the guard is illustrated as made of sheet metal. I do not, how-
ever, confine myself to plain sheet metal as I may use perforated metal.
Fig. 4 illustrates one made of closely woven wire stretched upon a wire frame.
Other materials plain, woven, perforated or otherwise, may be used, provided that
they are capable of resisting the influence of weather, and perforated sufficiently
fine for the purpose of my invention.
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,
A concave sheet of plain or perforated material having eyes or clips by which it
can be suspended from the frame of the machine, substantially as described with
reference to the accompanying drawings.