Improvements in Cycle Saddles and in the Manufacture of the same.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cycle Saddles and in the Manufacture of the same.
I, ALFRED ERNEST TERRY, of Novelty Works, 11, Penkiman Street, Redditch,
in the County of Worcester, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my said
invention to be as follows:-
My invention has for its object improvements in cycle saddles and in the
manufacture of the same by which I am enabled to reluce the vibration to a
minimum and also to enable the seat to adapt itself to the movement of the body
of the rider thereby preventing all saddle soreness or other injury.
In carrying my invention into practice I construct the frame of my saddle
out of one piece of strong round of flat steel wire and bend it to the re-
quired shape So as to leave
cantle,
a projection at the pommel and
the ends being brazed or otherwise connected together. I then connect
or stretch across to these projections a number of coiled springs made from
hardened and tempered round or flat steel wire the ends of each being looped
and attached to a hook or double eye piece made from flat, half round or round
steel wire which fits onto the projecting portions of the frame thus firmly hold-
ing the springs in position. The ends of these hooks or eye pieces which fit
on-to the frame may be soldered if required or the coils may be fixed to the
frame by other means.
A felt or cloth or other cover or pad may be strapped
or otherwise attached to the saddle to prevent the coil springs rubbing against
the clothes of the rider. Any ordinary clips may be used for fixing the saddle
onto the cycle. Instead of forming a special frame the springs may be attached
to the spring frame of an ordinary cycle in place of the usual leather seat.
Tatal this 165th day of Ostalo 1897
GEORGE BARKER,
Agent for Applicant, 77, Colmore Row, Birmingham.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cycle Saddles and in the Manufacture of the same.
L, ALFRED ERNEST TERRY, of Novelty Works, 11, Penkiman Street, Redditch,
in the County of Worcester, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my said
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 has for its object improvements in cycle saddles and in the

page_text: manufacture of the same by which I am enabled to reduce the vibration to a
minimum and also to enable the seat to adapt itself to the movement of the body
of the rider thereby preventing all saddle soreness or other injury.
In carrying my invention into practice I construct the frame of my saddle
out of one piece of strong round or flat steel wire and bend it to the required
shape, the ends being brazed or otherwise connected together. I then connect
or stretch across to these projections a number of coiled springs made from
hardened and tempered round, or flat steel wire the ends of each being looped
and attached to a hook or double eye piece made from flat half round or round
steel wire which fits onto the projecting portions of the frame thus firmly hold-
ing the springs in position. The ends of these hooks or eye pieces which fit
onto the frume may be soldered if required or the coils may be fixed to the
frame by other means.
A feli or cloth or other cover or pad may be strapped
or otherwise attached to the saddle to prevent the coil springs rubbing against
the clothes of the rider. Any ordinary clip may be used for fixing the saddle
onto the cycle. Instead of forming a special frame the springs may be attached
to the spring frame of an ordinary cycle saddle in place of the usual leather seat.
In order that my invention may be more clearly understood and easily carried
into practical effect I have appended hereunto two double sized sheets of draw-
ings upon which I have illustrated examples of my saddle.
Figure is a perspective side view of my saddle complete.
Figure 2 is a perspective front view with the cover removed.
Figure 3 is an enlarged view of the coiled springs S.
Figure is an enlarged plan view shewing another method of attaching the
springs.
Figure 5 is a perspective view of a modified form of my saddle.
In carrying my invention into practice I construct the frame A of my saddle
out of one piece of strong round, flat, or other shaped steel wire and bend it to
the required shape so as to leave the projections and at the cantle and
pommel respectively the ends of the wire being afterwards brazed or otherwise
connected together. This frame may be coiled at various places if desired. 1
then connect or stretch across from the pari a to the part 3 a number of the
coiled springs S which are made from round flat or other shaped hardened and
tempered steel wire the ends and of each being looped, and to these ends
Initach the hook or double eye piece as shown in an enlarged view ni Figure 6.
These hooks or eye pieces are made from flat, half round or round hardened steel
wire and fit onto the paris a und a² of the frame thus firmly holding the springs
in position and the ends which fit onto the frame may be soldered or otherwise
fixed to the frame if required, so as to keep the springs equi-distant from each
other. Instead of using the hook or eye piece as shewn at Figure 61 muy
use the hook or eye piece as shewn at Figure 7 or 1 may dispense with the
hooks or eye pieces and coil the wires W around the parts a and a of the
frame so as to leave the loops the ends being brazed or otherwise secured to
the frame and attach the ends 3 and of each spring to these loops as shown at
Figure 4 by which means the springs are securely held in position. Or the
springs may be fastened to the frame by other means. The band or clip D
which spans the springs is provided so as to tighten or draw the springs up into
shape at the pommel end of the suddle. In some cases the coiled springs S
may be in two lengths instead of one by the insertion of the plate or piece of
leather B or other material to which one of the ends of the coils is attached near
the centre somewhat as shewa in diagram at Figure 5.
The felt, cloth, leather, or other cover or pad may be strapped or otherwise
attached to the saddle to prevent the coiled springs rubbing against the clothes
of the rider as shown at Figure 1 and I may use any form of clip F for fixing
the saddle to the L or T piece of the cycle. Instead of forming my special
frame AI may attach the springs S to the ordinary spring frame of a cycle
saddle in place of the usual leather seat.

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:
CLAIMS.
First The improvements in cycle saddles and in the manufacture of the
same consisting essentially in the endless frame such as A to which the ends
of the coiled springs such as S are secured either with or without the inter-
mediate piece such as B and either with or without the cover or pad E sub-
stantially as herein set forth and as shewn upon the accompanying sheets of
drawings.
Second-In cycle saddles constructing the frame for supporting the seat
whether the seat is formed of springs leather or other material from hardened
and tempered steel wire the ends being joined together so as to form an endless
frame in the manner substantially as herein set forth and as shewn upon the
accompanying sheets of drawings.
:
Third In cycle saddles which form the subject of the first Claim securing
the ends of the springs to the endless frame either by the eye pieces or a* as
shewn at Figure 6 and 7 or by the coiled wires W as shewn at Figure 4 in the
manner substantially as described.
Dat his h Joy of Manal 1900
ALFRED ERNEST TERRY,
By George Barker,
Agent for Applicant, 77, Colmore Row, Birmingham.