Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Oct., 1888
Specification Accepted, 7th Dec., 1888
I WALTER JAMES COCKS of Fair View Murray Road Ealing Park Brentford
Middlesex, Surveyor 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 :-
My Invention has for its objects locking or fixing the front wheels of Safety
Bicycles, ordinary Bicycles, and other Velocipedes, and supporting the said machines
by means of a hinged leg or prop.
In order that my Invention may be fully understood I have appended the accom-
panying drawing showing the application of my invention to a rear-driving safety
Bicycle.
Fig. 1 represents an elevation of a rear-driving safety Bicycle having adapted
thereto the device according to my invention. Fig. 2 is an elevation; Fig. 3 a plan
and Figs. 4 & 5 are sections of my device.
The device consists of a clip A. fixed by set screws a. a. to the frame or back bone
of the bicycle, having an hinged arm B. adapted to drop down over the mud guard
of the front steering wheel. The end of this arm carries a leather band C.-preferably
lined with steel-which after passing between the spokes of the wheel and around the
rim, engages with a clip d. carried by a stud D. on the end of the arm B. This clip
is provided with a hole d¹ to receive a padlock whereby the device may be secured in
position. On the clip A. is also hinged a leg or prop E. adapted to drop on to the
ground out of the vertical, and so support the bicycle in a vertical or approximately
vertical position when not in use. A detachable spring-clip F. is fixed by a set
screw to the back fork or frame of the machine, to carry the leg or prop E. when
not in use.
The end of the leg or prop E, where it rests in the clip F, is cased with
rubber to prevent noise and give it a sure grip therein. The stud D. on the end of
the arm B. is similarly cased."

page_text: I am aware that legs or stands have already been used to support bicycles in an
upright position, and I therefore do not broadly claim such a device, but 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. The device for locking or fixing, and supporting, bicycles or other velocipedes,
constructed, arranged, and operating, specifically as set forth.
2. The combination with a velocipede, of the clip A fixed to the backbone or frame,
the hinged arm B. adapted to drop over the mud guard of the machine, the steel-
lined leather band C. fixed at one end to the arm B. and adapted, after passing between
the spokes of the wheel and gripping the rim thereof, to engage with a clip d. on the
stud D. The leg or prop E hinged to the clip A and adapted to drop on to the
ground out of the vertical and so support the Bicycle and the clip F fixed to the back
fork or frame by means of the set screw and adapted to receive the leg or prop E
when not in use, all constructed, arranged and operating, as & for the purpose set
forth.
3. In a velocipede the general construction, combination, and arrangement of the
several and respective parts substantially as hereinbefore described and shown.
Dated this 13th day of October 1888.
WALTER JAMES COCKS.