An Improvement connected with Cycle Saddle Pads or Cushions.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Aug., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 25th Aug., 1896-Accepted, 17th Oct., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement connected with Cycle Saddle Pads or Cushions.
I, ROBERT BELL, of Whitfields Hotel, Strand, County of London, Clerk,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to means or an appliance of particular form for insertion
into the compounded rubber and canvas case constituting the inflatable cushion of a
cycle seat, the object being to prevent the two side portions crowding towards the
centre and thereby render the seat uncomfortable to the rider after a little use as
at present.
For the purpose of my invention, I mould in or otherwise affix an angular plate of
some material such as vulcanite or metal, say, aluminium for lightness and of
sufficient thickness to resist undue distortion, this I employ in the central part
of the cushion seat where the double thickness of rubber and canvas are cemented and
vulcanized in contact, the broadest width of the angular plate shaped somewhat like
a long triangle being towards the back of the seat and the apex sufficiently forward
and shaped to prevent perineal pressure.
The plate and its rubber and canvas holder are perforated for ventilation.
The cushion seat thus made can sit upon the usual seat saddle also perforated
and be covered with the usual leather covering laced or otherwise fitted thereon.
Dated this 10th d
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H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166 Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said Robert Bell.
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I, ROBERT BELL, of Whitfields Hotel, Strand, County of London, Clerk,
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 means or an appliance of particular form for insertion
into the compounded rubber and canvas case constituting the inflatable cushion of
a cycle seat, the object being to prevent the two side portions crowding towards the
centre and thereby render the seat uncomfortable to the rider after a little use as
at present.
For the purpose of my invention, I mould in or otherwise affix an angular plate
of some material such as vulcanite or metal, say, aluminium for lightness, and of
sufficient thickness to resist undue distortion, this I employ in the central part of
the cushion seat where the double thickness of rubber and canvas are cemented
and vulcanized in contact, the broadest width of the angular plate shaped somewhat
like a long triangle being towards the back of the seat and the apex sufficiently
forward and shaped to prevent perineal pressure.
The plate and its rubber and canvas holder are perforated for ventilation.

page_text: The cushion seat thus made can sit upon the usual foundation saddle plate also
perforated and be covered with the usual leather covering laced or otherwise fitted
thereon.
To enable my invention to be clearly understood, I show on the annexed drawings
a longitudinal mid section at Figure 1 of my improvement, and a plan elevation of
a cushion seat pad at Figure 2.
A, B, are top and bottom layers of canvas enclosing an inflatable cushion C of
the usual shape for a cycle saddle, the meeting edges of the canvas covers or casing
being bound by a tape band D. The central part of the two plys of the inflatable
cushion are pressed in equally from both faces and have an insertion piece E of
long triangular shape cemented between them previous to the sulphurizing operation
as to become part and parcel of the cushion, the apex of the long triangular piece
which may be of vulcanite or ebonite, or of metal or other sufficiently rigid
material which will preserve its flat shape and prevent the two puffed portions at
the sides of the seat proper from crowding to the centre and thus maintain its shape
under all conditions.
The seat cushion under any other conditions is the same as most inflated seat
cushions used by cyclists, therefore my invention is limited to the application and
employment of some rigid or some slightly yielding body within and associated
with the central part of a cycle seat cushion and of a shape as before explained.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
The long triangular appliance as an insertion in the central part of an inflatable
cushion seat for a cycle, as described and as shown on the annexed drawings.
The 95th d
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166 Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said Robert Bell.
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166 Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said Robert Bell.