Improvements in and appertaining to Bicycles.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Oct., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 3rd July, 1895-Accepted, 3rd Aug., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and appertaining to Bicycles.
I, FREDERICK MITTON of 11 Queen Street Nelson-in-Marsden in the County
of Lancaster, Warpdresser, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows, that is to say :-
It consists of the application of an appropriately formed joint or connection and
other parts to a bicycle whereby a child's carriage having two or more wheels
may be coupled to said bicycle so that the rider thereof can carry it with him as
desired.
To carry this invention into effect attach an appropriate swivel or ball-and-
socket joint to any suitable part of the bicycle but preferably to the vertical bar
on which the saddle is mounted, and if desired I arrange this joint sc that it may
be detached at any time to leave the bicycle in its usual condition.
To this joint I secure the shaft or shafts or handles of the perambulator, child's
carriage or like vehicle, which thus allow said vehicle to move freely without in
anyway hampering or interfering with the movements of the bicycle, so that the
rider may manipulate or move same as desired while said vehicle will follow its
course in whatever direction this may lie.
Dated this 2nd day of October 1894.
Improvements in and appertaining to Bioycles.
I, FREDERICK MITTON of 11 Queen Street, Nelson-in-Marsden in the County
of Lancaster, Warpdresser, 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, that is to say :-
It consists of the application of an appropriately formed joint or connection
and other parts to a bicycle, whereby a child's carriage having two or more wheels
may be coupled to said bicycle so that the rider thereof can carry it with him as
desired.
In the accompanying sheet of drawings which are illustrative of my invention,
Fig. 1 is side elevation of a bicycle with a two wheeled vehicle attached
thereto.
Figs. 2 and 3 are side and top views of a joint or means for coupling said
vehicle to said bicycle.
Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section of parts shown by Figs. 2 and 3.
To carry my invention into effect I attach an appropriate swivel or ball and
socket joint a to any suitable part of the bicycle but preferably to the vertical
bar b on which the saddle o is mounted.

page_text: This joint a is made by the clamping piece e and screws so that it may be
detached from said bar 6 whenever desired,, while by the jaws g h being of the
form shown they also may readily be taken from holding the ball on the
screws m m being loosened and yet they may be secured to the sliafts or handles p
of the vehicle s.
As will be seen by securing the shafts p to the bicycle by means of the joint
described the bicycle as well as the vehicle may be moved in any desired direction
without bampering or interfering with the each other, thus the rider may
manipulate or move his bicycle as he desires and the vehicle will follow its course
in whatever direction this may lie.
Although the vehicles is herein shown as having only two wheels, it will
readily be seen that one having a larger number of wheels might be made use of
if desired.
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 combination of a vehicle and a bicycle with means for attaching or
coupling them together substantially as herein specified.
2. The combination of a vehicle, a ball-and-socket joint attached to the shafts,
.handles or arms of said vehicle and a bicycle substantially as herein specified;
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VINO
F. MITTON,
Per Samuel Hey,
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Agent.
F. MITTON,
Per Samuel Hey,
Agent.