Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Apr., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 17th Nov., 1899-Accepted, 14th Apr., 1900
I, GEORGE ALFRED JEFFERY, of 90, Huddlestone Road, in the County of
London, Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an improved construction of suspension cycle saddle,
the object being to provide a more comfortable and yielding or elastic saddle
than has heretofore been made and to dispense with the springs frequently
employed.
In carrying out the invention I employ a frame of wire, the rear end of which
is broad and the front part of which is advantageously bent up and back. The
leather forming the saddle is riveted or otherwise suitably secured to the rear
broad part of the wire frame, the front part of the said leather being provided
with a metal clip or the like into which the bent back ends of the wire frame
are passed and to which they are suitably secured, for example by nuts upon
their screw-threaded ends.
With this arrangement the leather portion of the saddle is comfortable and
yielding and the front portion thereof is also elastic owing to its mode of
connection to the wire frame.
My invention possesses the further advantage that if the leather seat be
damaged or worn it can be easily replaced.
I, GEORGE ALFRED JEFFERY, of 90, Huddlestone Road, in the County of
London, Agent, 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 an improved construction of suspension cycle saddle,
the object being to provide a more comfortable and yielding or elastic saddle
than has heretofore been made and to dispense with the springs frequently
employed.
In carrying out the invention I employ a frame of wire, the rear end of which
is broad and the front part of which is advantageously bent up and back. The
leather forming the saddle is riveted or otherwise suitably secured to the rear
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page_text: broad part of the wire frame, the front part of the said leather being provided
with a metal clip or the like into which the bent back ends of the wire frame
are passed and to which they are suitably secured, for example by nuts upon
their screw-threaded ends.
To enable the invention to be fully understood I will describe it by reference
to the accompanying drawing, in which
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Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of a saddle made according to the invention;
and
Figure 2 is an underside view thereof.
a is the leather saddle, the said saddle being of the usual shape and is the
broad rear part of my wire frame which is here shewn made of wire of hexagonal
cross section although wire of any other suitable section may be employed. The
wire from the broad end of the frame passes on each side inwards, as shewn at c,
and then extends in two parallel portions d, d to the front, the front parts c, e
being in contact or practically in contact with one another and being bent back
and screw-threaded at the extreme ends e¹, e¹.
f is the metal clip which is riveted or otherwise suitably secured to the peak
of the saddle and which is provided with two sockets or the like f¹, f1 for receiv-
ing the turned back ends e¹ of the wire frame, the said ends being held therein
by the nuts g, g screwed upon them.
With this arrangement the leather portion of the saddle is comfortable and
yielding and the front portion thereof is also elastic owing to its mode of con-
nection to the wire frame.
My invention possesses the further advantage that if the leather seat be
damaged or worn it can be easily replaced.
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;
1. In a cycle saddle the combination with the leather seat or saddle of a wire
frame having a broadened rear part to which the leather is secured and of means
for securing the peak of the saddle to the front of the wire frame, substantially
as described.
2. In a cycle saddle the combination of a leather saddle or seat, a frame made
of a length of wire bent to form a broad rear portion and a narrow peak formed
by the bent back ends of the wire and a metal clip secured to the saddle peak and
to the ends of the wire frame, substantially as described.
3. A cycle saddle comprising a leather saddle or seat a, a wire frame b, c, d, e
and clip f, which is secured to the peak of the saddle a and to the screw-
threaded ends e¹, e¹ by the nuts g, g, substantially as hereinbefore described and
illustrated.
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