A New or Improved Bicycle Support.
Year: 1896

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Bicycle Support.
I, JAMES CLEGG of 21 Briant Street New Cross in the County of Surrey
Carpenter do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to a new or improved bicycle support enabling bicyclists
to stop without the inconvenience of having to dismount. They may also seat
themselves on the saddle before starting or go dead slow without the danger of
losing their balance. The advantages of this arrangement in a crowded thorough-
fare will be obvious to all.
In carrying this invention into practical effect 1 attach to the handle-bar a lever
in such a position that it may easily be grasped by the hand when holding the
handle-bar.
Secured to the aforesaid lever by a suitable joint, a rod of iron steel or other
suitable material passes down to the upper end of the down tube where it is
attached to a crank.
Fixed to the back stay in front of the back wheel, a jointed support descends
to the ground, spreading outwards to each side as it descends forming an arm
or support on each side of the wheel, and joined together by a suitable tie-rod.
The ends of the arms or supports are provided with a wheel or spring or both
combined.
The support is joined to the aforesaid crank by a rod passing upwards under the
down tube.
When the lever is pressed the support is drawn to the ground and kept in that
position if desired by a hook attached to the handle-bar into which the lever
drops.
On the lever being released the support is drawn upwards by a spring.
Secured by a suitable steering-lock the handle-bar may be let go and the machine
will remain in an upright position.
Dated thin 19th dan
M 1906
1, JAMES CLEGG, of 21 Briant Street, New Cross in the County of Surrey,
Carpenter, 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 a new or improved bicycle support enabling bicyclists
to stop without the inconvenience of dismounting and also to seat themselves on the
saddle before starting or to travel slowly without the liability of losing their

page_text: balance, and consists essentially of a hinged supporting fork secured to the lower
part of the bicycle frame and connected to a hand lever on the handle bars in such.
manner that it can readily be rotated through a limited angle by the hand of the
rider, thereby lowering or raising its extremities so as to bring a pair of wheels
mounted thereon into or out of contact with the ground accordingly as it is desired
to utilize the support or not.
In the accompanying sheet of drawings:
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a bicycle support constructed according to this
invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view of a modified arrangement of the same and
Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the supporting fork.
A fork a, on the legs b of which are mounted wheels c, is connected by butt hinge
joints d to a bracket e secured to the back fork of a bicycle by a suitable cap g
and boit A, the wheel bearing stud pins i being adjustable in the slotted ends of
the legs b, as shown, in order to accommodate the fork to slightly varying heights
of bicycle frames. The hinge bolt m passes through distance tubes me 2 and is
secured in the joint at its ends by nuts n, and carries a crank lever arm o
stiffened by stay rods p secured to its end by a screw pin q and to a cross
bolt, itself screwed into the sockets, preferably by right and left handed
threads, thus rendering the whole fork frame rigid. The crank o is connected
by a link or rod t to a rod v sliding in a guide to secured to the down bar &
of the bicycle frame and whose outer end engages in an adjustable socket y ou
a rcd z connected to one arm a' of a bell crank lever a' b' whose other arm b' is
connected by an adjustable rod e¹ to one end of a hand lever d² connected to
the handle bar el by a fulcrum bracket, secured thereon. Normally the
support is held in the elevated position shown by means of the spring g' which
reacts against the guide w and adjusting stop but on drawing the end
the lever d towards the handle e' the fork a¹ is caused to rotate into the vertical
position shown in dotted lines, further rotation being prevented by the butt binge
joint d.
of
The supporting fork a is maintained in its vertical and operative position by
means of a weighted catch lever m² pivoted to a clip bracket n' secured to the
handle bar e and which, when the hand lever d' is drawn towards the handle bar,
projects its hook beneath it and so holds it until released by hand.
The end of the rod e' is screwed into a cylindrical nut p' in the end of the
lever and may be secured together in any relative positions by a set screw g'.
By this means the handle bars are locked, being prevented from turning owing
to the bell crank lever ab being pivoted to the frame as will be readily
understood.
In the modified arrangement shown in Fig. 2 the connections of the ends of the
rods with the arms of the bell crank lever a' bare transposed, the rod z being
connected to the arm and the rod e' to the arm a' while the crank arm o is placed
on the opposite side of the fork a, and the spring g' is also transposed to the
opposite side of the guide wall as clearly shown. In this arrangement the rod is
always in compression instead of in tension as is the case in the arrangement shown
in Fig. 1.
The spring g' may, in either or both the arrangements shown, be assisted or
entirely superseded by the use of a spring o' wound around distance tubes m 2 and
pressing against the crank arm o and bracket e respectively, as will be readily
understood.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of iny said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A bicycle support comprising a hinged supporting fork secured in front of
the back wheel to the lower part of a bicycle frame and capable of being raised or
lowered by the rider substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.
2. In a bicycle support, a fork connected hy butt hinges to a bracket secured to

page_text: the bicycle frame and carrying wheels mounted on pins adjustable in the fork legs
substantially as described.
3. The arrangement and construction of a bicycle support substantially as.
described with reference to the drawings.
Dated this 15th day of February 1897.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.