Improvements in or Additions to the Framings of Cycle Saddles.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Feb., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 25th Sept., 1899-Accepted, 28th Oct., 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or Additions to the Framings of Cycle Saddles.
I, SAMUEL ARTHUR COOPER, of the Firm of Cooper, Webb, Jones, and Company,
of Stockwell Works, Littleton Street East, Walsall, in the County of Stafford,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in, or appertaining to, the framings
of cycle saddles and has for its object, to provide means which permit of the
ready adjustment of the saddle, both longitudinal and also vertically relative to
the boss or attachment clip.
The invention consists in providing each of the sides or members of the base
framing proper, with an additional and parallel bar or rod of suitable length,
and which is made a fixture relative to the seat pillar through the medium of
the attachment boss carries at its ends, eyes or the like through which the
principal frame member is capable of sliding to admit of its adjustment longi-
tudinally through the boss, which is arranged to grip both the additional bars
and the framing member proper.
Thus, in carrying out one form of my invention, I take an ordinary double-
sided cycle saddle frame with separated bottom members, which run straight or
nearly so and preferably parallel with one another from end to end of the struc-
ture. Each of the base or bottom members carries a jointedly connected or
swinging supplementary bar, running parallel with the said member and having
its end terminations formed with eyes through which the said bottom members
slide for giving or obtaining lengthwise adjustment of the principal frame rela-
tive to the attachment boss, whilst in order to obtain a vertical adjustment the
bars are either disposed so as to come under the members of the bottom frame,
in which case the seat is elevated relative to the attachment boss, whilst in order
to lower the said seat with regard to the support, the supplementary bars are
swivelled round and brought above the said principal bottom frame members.
These supplementary bars incidentally act as bracing members and add in a
measure to the strength of the frame, but I wish it to be understood that there
is no trussed action involved as the eyed ends of the additional members are
free to slide, so that none of the members are in tension when the ends of the
framing members are forced downwards by the weight of a rider coming upon
the saddle.
The attachment boss is arranged to grip both the principal and supplementary
members vertically and transversely.

page_text: Improvements in or Additions to the Framings of Cycle Saddles.
I, SAMUEL ARTHUR COOPER, of the Firm of Cooper, Webb, Jones, and Company,
of Stockwell Works, Littleton Street East, Walsall, in the County of Stafford,
Manufacturer, 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:
This invention relates to improvements in, or appertaining to, the framings
of cycle saddles and has for its object, to provide means which permit of the
ready adjustment of the saddle, in all directions, whether backwards and forwards
longitudinally or upwards and downwards, vertically relative to the boss or
attachment clip.
The invention consists in providing each of the sides or members of the base
framing proper, with an additional and parallel bracing bar or rod which may
be made a fixture relative to the seat pillar through the medium of the attach-
ment boss, and carries at its ends, eyes or the like through which the principal
frame member is capable of sliding to admit of its adjustment longitudinally
through the boss, which is arranged to grip both the additional bars and the
framing member proper whilst the said bars are made to brace or strengthen the
structure always at the point where it is most needed, viz., at the boss by which
the saddle is secured to the seat pillar.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents a side elevation of a cycle
saddle provided with or mounted upon an improved adjustable framing con-
structed in accordance with my invention. This view shows the parts in their
ordinary positions, with the supplementary bracing bars coming underneath,
and parallel to, the principal frame members, at about the middle part.
Figure 2 is another elevation, partly in section, of the said saddle, but with
the boss removed and the bracing bars shown in two positions, respectively in
dotted and full lines, in order to exemplify to an extent, the range of adjustment
which the saddle frame proper has through the eyes of the relatively fixed bracing
bars and the attachment boss.
Figure 3 represents an underside plan of the said saddle with the parts in the
same position as Figure 1 and Figure 4 shows a cross section upon the dotted
line ³.
The
Figure 5 is a view of the framing with the supplementary bars reversed or
turned round so as to come in a plane above the principal members, which pro-
vides a means whereby the saddle may be lowered relative to the boss.
principal frame has a like range of adjustment through the eyes of the bracing
bars as when in the other position and as shown by the dotted lines.
Figure represents a cross section of Figure 5 upon the dotted line a¹.
Figure 7 shows my invention applied to another form of saddle frame.
The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the said Figures 1
to 6 of the drawings.
Thus, in carrying out one form of my invention, I take an ordinary double-
sided cycle saddle frame with separated bottom members a, which run straight
or nearly so and preferably parallel with one another throughout the greater
part of the length of the structure. Arranged in conjunction with the base or
bottom members are a pair of supplementary bracing bars b, running parallel
with the said frame members and having their end terminations fitted with eyes
or sleeves b¹, through which the said frame members admit of sliding for giving
or obtaining lengthwise adjustment of the principal frame relative to the supple-

page_text: mentary bars and the attachment boss c, both of which latter elements are rela-
tively constant in respect of their relative positions, whilst in order to obtain
a vertical adjustment, the bars are either disposed so as to come under the
members of the bottom frame (as in Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4) in which case the seat d,
is elevated relative to the attachment boss c, but to lower the said seat with regard
to the support, the supplementary bars are swivelled round and brought into a
plane above, but parallel with the said principal bottom frame members as shown
in Figures 5, 6 and 7.
The attachment boss (which may be of any construction) is arranged to grip
both the principal and supplementary members vertically and transversely, and,
when screwed up, constitutes the means by which the principal and supple-
mentary bars are clamped or made fast to one another in their relatively adjusted
positions, in order to obtain a rigid structure, whilst by the supplementary
bracing members by always remaining in practically the same position relative
to the boss, the framing proper is always strengthened or supported at the point
where it is attached to the boss and upon which the greatest strain comes.
But although these supplementary bars facilitate the adjustment of the saddle
in all directions relative to its support and act as bracing members which
materially add to the strength of the frame, yet I wish it to be understood that
there is no trussed principle involved in my construction, as by the ends of the
additions bars being free to slide, none of the members can be in tension when
the ends of the frame are forced downwards by the weight of a rider coming upon
the saddle.
Instead of the eyes or sleeves at the ends of the supplementary bars being in
the form of attached fittings as shown in the drawings they may be formed
integral with the bars by suitably fashioning the ends of the same into eyes or
loops through which the principal frame members may pass.
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
In cycle saddle framings, the employment in conjunction with the base framing,
of loosely-fitted supplementary bars, capable of swivelling upon the framing
members, which admit of longitudinal adjustment relative to the said bars,
whereby the saddle may be adjusted backwards and forwards and vertically and
the framing is strengthened at the point of its attachment to the saddle pillar,
whilst the several parts are secured in their adjusted positions by the clamping
boss, substantially as herein described and set forth.
noted this 23rd day of September 1899.
SAMUEL ARTHUR COOPER,
By Henry Skerrett,
24, Temple Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.