New or Improved Attachments to Cycles and other similar Vehicles to Assist Learners in the Art of Riding the same.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Apr., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 16th Jan., 1897-Accepted, 6th Mar., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
New or Improved Attachments to Cycles and other similar Vehicles
to Assist Learners in the Art of Riding the same.
I, REUBEN CORSHAM, of 69 Skinner Street, Bishopsgate, in the City of London,
Copying Machine Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to provide means for assisting learners in the art of
riding bicycles and other similar vehicles. When a learner first mounts a bicycle, for
example, the natural tendency is for him to fall over either to the right or to the left
with the result that he becomes nervous, and it requires considerable time and practice
to enable him to ride with confidence and without hurting himself or damaging his
machine. By the use of my invention however be is enabled to practise riding
without fear of falling in either direction, and thereby to quickly attain proficiency in
the art of cycle riding.
For this purpose I attach to the fork or other part of a cycle or other similar
vehicle one or more suitably shaped laterally projecting rods or arms the outer ends of
which are provided with guide wheels or rollers, which come in contact with the
ground, or other bearing surface, whenever the cycle becomes inclined to one side or
the other beyond a certain predetermined angle. The knowledge that these guide
wheels or rollers must come in contact with the ground or other bearing surface as
soon as the cycle has become inclined to a certain extent, and will inevitably prevent
the latter from falling over altogether, instils confidence in the learner, and enables
him to devote his attention without fear to the pedalling and steering of the machine.
It will be understood that when the cycle is in its proper vertical position the afore-
said guide wheels or rollers do not come in contact with the ground or other guiding
surface, and that therefore they do not offer any resistance or obstacle to the proper
normal use of the vehicle, and that guiding surfaces for the aforesaid wheels or rollers
to come in contact with may be fixed in any suitable positions in a riding school or
otherwise to suit the positions of the said guide wheels or rollers on the cycle.
Dated this 17th day of April 1896.
New or Improved Attachments to Cycles and other similar Vehicles
to Assist Learners in the Art of Riding the same.
I, REUBEN CORSHAM, formerly of 69 Skinner Street, Bishopsgate, in the City of
London, but at present of 28 Kingsland Road, London, Copying Machine Manu-
facturer, 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 object of this invention is to provide means for assisting learners in the art of

page_text: riding bicycles and other similar vehicles. When a learner first mounts a bicycle, for
example, the natural tendency is for him to fall over either to the right or to the left
with the result that he becomes nervous, and it requires considerable time and practice
to enable him to ride with .confidence and without hurting himself or damaging his
machine. By the use of my invention however he is enabled to practise riding without
fear of falling in either direction, and thereby to quickly attain proficiency in the art
of cycle riding.
And in order that the said invention may be fully understood I will proceed to
describe the same with the aid of the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which
Figure 1 is a diagrammatic side view of a bicycle fitted with my attachment and
Figure 2 an end view of same.
For the purpose of my invention I attach to any suitable part of a cycle or other
similar vehicle, such as the bar A of the frame for example, and by means of stay
bars B or otherwise, one or more suitably shaped laterally projecting rods or arms CC
the outer ends of which are provided with guide wheels or rollers D D, which come
in contact with the ground, or other bearing surface, whenever the cycle becomes
inclined to one side or the other beyond a certain predetermined angle. The know-
ledge that one or other of these guide wheels or rollers D D must come in contact
with the ground or other bearing surface as soon as the cycle has become inclined to a
certain extent, and will inevitably prevent the latter from falling over altogether instils
confidence in the learner, and enables him to devote his attention without fear to the
pedalling and steering of the machine.
It will be understood that when the cycle is in its proper vertical position the afore-
said guide wheels or rollers do not come in contact with the ground or other guiding
surface, and that therefore, they do not offer any resistance or obstacle to the proper
normal use of the vehicle, and that it is only when the cycle becomes inclined to one
side or the other beyond a predetermined angle that the said guide wheels or rollers D
come into contact with the ground.
It will also be understood that guiding surfaces for the aforesaid wheels or rollers to
come in contact with may be fixed in any suitable positions in a riding school or
otherwise to suit the positions of the said guide wheels or rollers on the cycle.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
The new or improved attachment to a cycle or other similar vehicle, which con-
sists of a rod or arm projecting laterally at each side of the cycle or other vehicle,
and having on its outer end a guide wheel or roller which stands clear of the ground
when the cycle or other vehicle is in its proper vertical position, and only comes in
contact therewith when the cycle or other vehicle becomes inclined thereto beyond a
predetermined angle, substantially as described.
Dated this