Improved Means for Attaching, Suspending, Supporting, or Carrying Parcels, Books, and other Articles on Bicycles, Vehicles, and Elsewhere.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 16th June, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 4th Aug., 1896-Accepted, 12th Sept., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means for Attaching, Suspending, Supporting, or Carrying
Parcels, Books, and other Articles on Bicycles, Vehicles, and
Elsewhere.
I, HARRY TIMM DAVIS, 8 Havelock Street, Sheffield, Commercial Traveller,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is out of one picce of sheet metal or other substance,
to form three or more springs or clip attachments for carrying parcels, books, fitted
cases, or such like on the handle bar or other position on a bicycle or other vehicle.
The springs or attachment may be fastened to a case or parcel by means of revits
or the like, or it may simply suspend such case or parcel from the clip by ordinary
means.
The springs are formed by slitting the metal to the required distance leaving
at each side parallel strips, the strips being afterwards bent to form springs or
clips, the metal is also slit to form two or more strips at right angles to first
mentioned springs or clips, these will also form springs or clips.
The first mentioned springs or clips fasten to an horizontal bar or on handle
bar or other part of bicycle or vehicle and the other or second mentioned clip is
to fasten to a bar standing vertically or at right angles to first ones, to obviate
oscillation and secure firmness.
Dated this 15th day of June 1896.
ISAAC BECK,
65 Brown Street, Sheffield, Agent for the Applicant.
Improved Means for Attaching, Suspending, Supporting, or Carrying
Parcels, Books, and other Articles on Bicycles, Vehicles, and
Elsewhere.
I, HARRY TIMM DAVIS, 8, Havelock Street, Sheffield, Commercial Traveller,
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 my invention is out of one piece of sheet metal or suitable
substance to form a neat reliable apparatus upon which or to which may be
readily suspended or secured parcels, books, fitted cases or the like for conveyance
upon a bicycle or other vehicle, or for suspension from a rod, tube or the like in
shop windows or show cases.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood I will now describe how
the same may be carried out in making a carrier clip adapted for hanging upon
the handle bar of a bicycle or the like vehicle, having reference to drawings
hereunto annexed wherein Fig. 1, shows the piece of metal, A, as cut from a
suitable sheet of sufficient size to make one compound clip or suspender, therein I

page_text: cut various slits in the directions and to about the extent shown by the dotted
lines thus forming a series of parallel strips capable of being formed into hooks or
spring clips as shown elevation and plan by Figures 2, 3, and 4.
I prefer to entirely remove the central strip, b, then by well known means and
tools I bend or press the outer strips, 1, 1, to form a pair of clips of suitable size
to fit the handle bar, likewise I bend the next pair of strips 2, 2, in the opposite
direction and shape them to form spring clips to allow of a parcel or book being
securely held and supported, or when desired the article may be simply suspended
from the lower part of the said clips, the remaining pair of strips, 3, 3, are next to be
bent in the same direction as, but at about right angles to the suspender clips, 1, 1,
and formed to a portion of a circle corresponding to the diameter of the cycle post
or head to afford support and to prevent oscillation.
The various pieces constituting the spring clips may be fluted or grooved as
shown at, C, in the centre of clips, 3, to increase the rigidity of the parts or for
the purpose of ornamentation.
My invention may be applied to clips of various sizes and for a variety of
purposes, the shape of the constituent parts being respectively varied and adapted
to the position and also to the articles required to be supported.
In like manner the clip may be formed without the pair of clips, 2, 2, and be
rivetted, screwed, or otherwise secured to boxes, bags or receptacles of divers
kinds, as exemplified by Fig. 5.
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 :-
The construction or formation of a spring clip apparatus out of a single piece
of material for hanging on the handle bar of a bicycle, or in vehicles, show cases
or windows and used for supporting parcels, books and other articles, substantially
as herein described and illustrated.
Dated this 3rd day of August 1896
ISAAC BECK,
65 Brown Street, Sheffield, Agent for the Applicant.