Improvements in Cycle Saddles.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Mar., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 16th Dec., 1892-Accepted, 4th Mar., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cycle Saddles.
I, JOHN BOULTBEE BROOKS of Great Charles Street, in the City of Birmingham,.
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention pertains to cycle saddles particularly of the hammock type, or
that class of saddles which are suspended or supported from their extreme ends by
framing rods, directed under, and at a distance from the seat of the saddle.
In consequence of the said saddles being only suspended from their ends; they
sag or sink in the middle, on a rider being seated, and on use, the same cause the
peak or pummel part to cock up, and create "tucking."
My invention has for its object, a constant tension hammock saddle, free from the
defect or defects as hereinbefore referred to.
In constructing a saddle according to my invention, I suspend or support the seat
upon parallel and horizontally directed framing rods, situated at some distance from
the underside of the said seat, and running fore and aft, with an L pin boss situated
slightly forward of the middle.
These suspension or framing rods, which are in double order, and nearly parallel,
have loop coiled springs a little rear of the pin boss, and with the rear ends of the
rods turned upwards into hook shaped brackets, with eyed loops at their extreme
and horizontally directed ends, which take upon hanging pins, depending from the
back underframing.
Above and below the said eyed loops, are rear cushioning expedients, in the form
of blocks of india-rubber, with the whole kept in position, and up to their bearings,
by nuts, taking upon the ends of the said hanging pins.
The framing rods at front, are turned into vertically directed and slightly
depending loop coiled springs, with the terminations of the said rods bent slightly
forwardly and upwardly, alike unto a curved bracket or support, terminated by
returned end or loop, which is embraced by a hook ended tension pin, passing
through the screwed hole of a hanging bracket, affixed to the front underside of
the saddle seat.
Disposed or located between the tension bracket, and a bridge bracket, directed
laterally from rod to rod of the framing, and a little rear of the front loop coiled
springs, is a pillar coiled spring, secured in position by the terminal ends of the
same coming under or surrounding pins or nuts, passing through the said brackets
respectively.
Thus, the loop coils at the front of the saddle, fall below the framing rods, to a
depth about equal to half the diameters of them, and with the upright bracket
part, connected to the hook tension, coming a little clear of the extreme front of
the saddle seat, whilst a little rear of the said bracket and loop coils, is a pillar
coiled spring, disposed vertically, and practically supporting the front of the saddle,
whilst the bracket terminations of the loops, lever the coils, and form a tension,
which constantly keeps the seat of the saddle on the stretch, consequent upon the
spring of the bracket pulling forwardly.
Before the connection of the loop coil bracket, with the tension hook is made,
the said bracket comes considerably forward of its acting position, so that on the
connection being made, the coils of the loop springs are contracted or wound up, by
bringing the bracket into practically a vertical position.
The supplementary pillar coiled spring's upper end is preferably connected to the
hanging bracket by a joint or movable junction.
Instead of the fore part framing being furnished with a loop coiled spring or
springs the same may be provided with a plain bow or sleigh runner shaped front.
As a still further form of my invention, the curved bracket or support, at its top

page_text: part, has one, two or more additional loop coils to those of the bottom, whilst the
terminal ends of the metal of the said bracket is turned to a right angle into a loop,
and there affixed by screw pins or otherwise, to the underside of a traversing
bracket, which is adjustable upon a screw pin attachment secured to the front
underside of the seat of the saddle.
The adjustment of the bracket upon the horizontal screw pin attachment is per-
formed preferably by a screw nut.
The connection of the attachment part with the bracket part, or the connection
of the looped end as aforesaid with the traversing bracket, is made by a rubber
cushioned joint.
In lieu of the supplementary coiled spring disposed rear of the front bracket
framing, a loop coiled spring with arms may be employed.
Dated this 15th day of March 1801
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cycle Saddles.
I, JOHN BOULTBEE BROOKS of Great Charles Street, in the City of Birming-
ham, 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 pertains to cycle saddles particularly of the hammock type, or
that class of saddles which are suspended or supported from the extreme ends by
framing rods, directed under, and at a distance from the seat of the saddle.
In consequence of the said saddles being only suspended from their ends, they
are apt to sag or sink in the middle, on a rider being seated, and on use, the same
cause the peak or pummel part to cock up, and create "tucking."
My invention has for its object, a constant tension hammock saddle, free from the
defect or defects as hereinbefore referred to.
In constructing a saddle according to my invention, I suspend or support the
seat upon parallel and horizontally directed framing rods, situated at some distance
from the underside of the said seat, and running fore and aft, with an
situated slightly forward of the middle.
pin boss
These suspension or framing rods, which are in double order, and nearly parallel,
have loop coiled springs a little rear of the pin boss, and with the rear ends of
the rods turned upwards into hook shaped brackets, with eyed loops at their
extreme and horizontally directed ends, which take upon hanging pins, depending
from the back underframing.
Above and below the said eyed loops, are rear cushioning expedients in the form
of blocks of india-rubber, with the whole kept in position, and up to their bearings,
by nuts taking upon the ends of the said hanging pins.
The framing rods at front, are turned into vertically directed and slightly
depending loop coiled springs, with the terminations of the said rods bent slightly
inwards and upwardly, alike unto a curved bracket or support, terminated by a
returned end or loop, which is embraced by a hook ended tension pin, passing
through the plain hole of hanging bracket, affixed to the front underside of the
saddle seat.
.Disposed or located between the tension bracket, and a bridge bracket, directed
laterally from rod to rod of the framing, and a little rear of the front loop coiled
springs, is a pillar coiled spring, secured in position by the terminal ends of the
same coming under or surrounding pins or nuts, passing through the said brackets
respectively.
Thus, the loop coils at the front of the saddle fall below the framing rods, to a

page_text: depth about equal to half the diameters of them, and with the upright bracket part,
connected to the hook tension, coming a little clear of the extreme front of the
saddle seat, whilst a little rear of the said bracket and loop coils, is a pillar coiled
spring, disposed vertically, and practically supporting the front of the saddle, whilst
the bracket terminations of the loops, lever the coils, and form a tension, which con-
stantly keeps the seat of the saddle on the stretch, consequent upon the spring of
the bracket pulling forwardly.
Before the connection of the loop coil bracket with the tension hook is made, the
said bracket comes considerably forward of its acting position, so that on the
connection being made, the coils of the loop springs are contracted or wound up, by
bringing the bracket into practically a vertical position.
The supplementary pillar coiled spring's upper end is preferably connected to the
carrying bracket by a joint or movable junction.
Instead of the fore part framing being furnished with a loop coiled spring or
springs, the same may be provided with a plain bow or sleigh-runner shaped front.
As a still further form of my invention, the curved bracket or support, at its top
part, has one, two, or more additional loop coils to those of the bottom, whilst the
terminal ends of the metal of the said bracket is turned to a right angle into a loop,
and there fixed by screw pins or otherwise, to the underside of a traversing bracket,
which is adjustable upon a screw pin attachment secured to the front underside of
the seat of the saddle.
The adjustment of the bracket upon the horizontal screw pin attachment is
performed preferably by a screw nut.
The connection of the attachment part with the bracket part, or the connection
of the looped end, as aforesaid, with the traversing bracket is made by a rubber
cushioned joint.
In lieu of the supplementary coiled spring disposed rear of the front bracket
framing, a loop coiled spring with arms may be employed.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawing represents partly in elevation, and partly
in vertical section, a constant tension hammock saddle, constructed and provided
with improvements made according to my invention.
It will be seen that the fore part or peak of the saddle is elevated, supported or
slung from a bracket connected to duplex loop springs, and on inwardly disposed
pillar coiled spring.
Figure 2 represents an underside plan of Figure 1, with the seat of the saddle
removed.
Figure 3 shows upon an enlarged scale, the upper part of the pillar coiled
supporting spring and its joint connection with the bracket, wherethrough the
tension pin passes.
a is the seat of the saddle, supported by parallel and horizontally directed
framing rods b, b¹, set down some distance from the underside of the said seat, and
running from fore to aft, with an L pin boss c, situated slightly forward of the
middle part.
These said rods b, b¹, which are in double order, have loop coiled levering springs d,
a little rear of the said pin boss, and with the parts of the rod, rearward of the
said loops d, turned hookwise into hook shaped brackets b', terminated by eyed
loops 6, wherethrough depending fixed pins e, pass, and with rubber resilient
blocks ff, coming upon the upper and lower sides of the same.
The front parts b, of the framing rods, have slightly depending loop coiled
springs g, with the metal of the fore parts of them directed into curved bracket
arms g, g¹, terminated by a returned or looped end g³, which engages with the
hooked end h³, of a tension screw h, passing through the screwed eye ³, of a
supporting bracket j, and having upon the pin h, rear of the said bracket, an
adjusting nut h³. .
Located between the underside of the said bracket j, and a cross bridge b
spanning the fore parts of the rods b, and rear of coil y, is an upright or pillar coiled
spring, with its lower end ¹, connected to the middle of the said bridge b*, and its
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page_text: upper end (see Figure 3) carrying a seated collar, wherethrough the pivot
end j³, takes, so that the said spring is capable of a slight gyratory motion about
the said pivot end, or the seat about the spring, as the parts sway or move when
in use.
Figure 4 represents in vertical section, partly in elevation, a hammock saddle,
constructed according to a further form of my invention, and with the fore part
furnished with a plain bow, or sleigh runner shaped front.
Figure 5 is an underside plan of the fore part of Figure 4.
a is the seat of the saddle, mounted at rear and front upon the ends of frame
rods b,, with loop coiled levering springs d, disposed rear of the L pin c, and with
the extreme fore parts of the said rods formed sleigh-runner shaped, and marked b²,
and with the loop termination 6, connected to the hooked end 2, of a tension
screw h, passing through the screwed eye of a bracket j, secured to the underside
of the peak of a saddle.
The back end of the saddle framing is formed into loops &³, wherethrough hanging
pins e, affixed to the back underside of the saddle seat, pass, and with rubber
cushioning blocks disposed above and below the said loops.
Figure 6 represents, in longitudinal vertical section, a hammock cycle saddle, being
a modified form of Figure 1, arranged according to a further form of my invention.
a is the seat of the saddle, are the lever loop springs, and disposed between
them and the returned end 9, which takes upɔn the end of the tension screw /,
are second loop coiled springs y', which give increased resiliency and forward
leverage to the saddle framing.
Figure 7 represents in longitudinal vertical section, a further modified form of my
invention.
In this arrangement, a loop coiled spring or springs is or are employed in lieu of
a pillar coiled spring, as in the preceding arrangements Figures 1, 2 and 6.
a is the seat of the saddle, b, b1, b2, d, g and g₁, are the members of the under and
primary supporting framing, alike unto Figures 1 and 2, whilst disposed between
the underside of the front of the seat, inward of the fore part 9, y', is a loop coiled
spring i, with levering arms i, terminated by loops 2, disposed between the under-
side of the bracket j, and the bridge b', and secured in position by bolts, pins or
other like expedients.
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 :-
First-In hammock cycle saddles, disposing between the underside of the fore
part of the peak of a saddle, and the framing rods or framing, and rear of the
primary front spring or springs, or front levering-armed loop coiled springs, a
supplementary spring or pillar coiled spring, as set forth in Figures 1, 2, 6 and 7.
Secondly In hammock cycle saddles, the combination with the rear part of the
seat of a saddle, having interposed cushioning and joint rubber blocks e, of a hook-
shaped end framing 62, as set forth in Figures 1, 2, 6 and 7.
Thirdly-In hammock cycle saddles, the general construction, arrangement and
combination of the parts, as set forth in Figures 1, 2, 6 and 7.
:-
Fourthly In the framing of hammock cycle saddles, making the fronts of the
same of a sleigh-runner construction 6, 4, in combination with the rear framing and
rubber cushioning block joints, as set forth in Figure 4.
Fifthly-In hammock cycle saddles, the combination with the fore part, as in
the preceding claim, of the metallic rear part framing, as set forth in Figure 4.
Dated this 15th day of December 1892.
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JOHN BOULTBEE BROOKS,
By Henry Skerrett,
6, Livery Street, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.