Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Dec., 1897
Complete Specification Lett. 10th Oct., 1898-Accepted, 12th Nov., 1898
1, HUGH EDWARDS, O Derin House, nyuwen, Anglesea, Inventor, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to saddles for velocipedes and it consists in the improvements
hereinafter more particularly specified, the object being to render the saddle more
universally suitable to different riders and to avoid the defects existing in the present
types of saddles.
The underframe of the saddle consists essentially of a pair of arms pivotted together
and adapted to be fixed one with respect to the other and both to the seat pillar by
means of a clip which will presently be described. The rear of these two arins carries
the cantle plate and the other or forward one carries a roller adapted to support the
These arms may be of any suitable shape and of any suitable
front end of the seat.
material.
The seat which is made of leather or any other suitable material is attached by
lacing or other suitable means to the cantle plate and it is preferably supported by
an elastic cushion carried by the said plate. The front end of the seat is carried by
a band which is attached to it in any convenient manner and in any convenient
place. This band passes round the roller carried by the forward arm of the
underframe and it is connected to a tension spring adjustably connected with the rear
arm of the underframe. The roller may be covered with any suitable elastic material
or by an air chamber.
The seat is shaped by blocking padding or otherwise so that it has a longitudinal
groove through its centre and a transverse ridge near its forward end. The cantle
plate is also dipped at its centre so that the longitudinal groove may extend
throughout the whole length of the saddle.
The improved clip consists of a split socket the space between the two ears or lugs
being of a cone shape in order to receive a wedge shaped piece the base of which
completes the circular shape of the hole through the clip and is preferably roughened
or serrated. The clip is provided with the usual transverse bolt which carries shaped
washers adapted to engage both with the bosses or eyes of the arms of the underframe
and also with the sides of the clip so that the tightening of the transverse bolt locks
the arms of the underframe to the clip and at the same time cause the clip to tighten
on to the pillar or tube adapted to carry the saddle by reason not only of the transverse
contraction of the clip but also by reason of the jamming action of the wedge shaped
piece. The engagement of the washers with the sides of the clip provides for the
variation of the tilt of the saddle.
If desired the underframe of the saddle may be mounted direct on to the pillar
without the clip..
As a modification the cantle plate may be formed in two parts each pivotted by a

page_text: ROBERT E. PHILLIPS, Assoc. M. Inst. C.E., M.I. Mech. E.,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.
I, HUGH EDWARDS, of Berlin House, Rhydwen, Anglesea, Inventor, 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 saddles for velocipedes and it consists in the improvements
hereinafter more particularly specified, the object being to render the saddle more
universally suitable to different riders and to avoid the defects existing in the present
types of saddles.
In the accompanying drawing which illustrates some methods of carrying my
invention into effect:-
Figure 1 is a view in side elevation-shewing the seat in section-of a velocipede
saddle constructed according to this invention.
Figure 2 is an underneath view in plan thereof, shewing the seat removed.
Figure 3 is a view in side elevation-also shewing the seat in section-of a
nodified form of saddle.
Figure 4 is a broken detail view thereof and
Figure 5 is a detail view-partly in section-of the clip.
Throughout the views similar parts are marked with like letters of reference.
The underframe of the saddle consists essentially of a pair of arms A, A³, pivotted
at their rear ends to a transverse bar B carried by the cant le plate C, and at their front
or free ends to another pair of arms, A2, A3, by means of the transverse bolt D of the
clip E for fixing the saddle to the seat pillar. The free or forward ends of the
arms A2, A3, carry between them a roller F which is preferably so arranged as to be
adjustable in the ends of the said arms either by slots or holes therein as shown.
The seat X which is made of leather or other suitable material is attached by any
suitable means to the cantle plate C, which is preferably made in two parts as shown.
To the front end of the seat is attached a nose piece G to which one end of a band or
chain His fixed. This band or chain H passes round the roller F and its free end is
connected to one end of a tension spring I, adjustably connected to the rear
arms A, A¹, or to the cantle plate, preferably in the following nauner:-On the
transverse bar B carried by the cantle plate C and on which the arms A, A¹, are
pivotted is a clip b provided with ears, through which a threaded bolt passes and
which is adapted to engage with a nut i carried by or formed in one with the free end
of the spring I.
The seat may be so shaped by blocking (see Figure 3) that it has a
longitudinal groove x through its centre and a transverse ridge near its forward
end or the groove may be formed by padding each half of the cantle plate
with suitably shaped elastic cushions or air chambers.
When the groove is formed by blocking the leather or other material, I prefer

page_text: to form slots or cuts x in the said groove in such a way as to render the seat
sufficiently flexible to allow one half of the saddle to move independently of the
other.
The improved clip E consists of a split socket e, the space between the two
ears or lugs el, e¹, heing of a cone-shape as shown, more particularly in Figure 5,
in order to receive a wedge-shaped. piece e² the base of which completes the
circular shape of the hole through the clip and is preferably roughened or
serrated. The clip is provided with the usual transverse bolt D which passes
through the ears e¹ and the piece e² and carries socket shaped washers D¹ adapted
to partially encircle the bosses of the arms A, A1, A2 and A³ so as to limit their
movement in an upward and downward direction, their inner faces being roughened
or serrated to adapt them to engage the outer sides of the ears or lugs e¹, e¹, which
are roughened or serrated in a corresponding manner, so that on tightening up the
nuts D2 threaded on the ends of the bolt D, the socket shaped washers D¹ are locked
to the sides of the ears or lugs e¹, e¹, of the clip and the clip is caused to tighten on
to the pillar or tube adapted to carry the saddle by reason not only of the transverse
contraction of the clip but also by reason of the jamming action of the wedge-shaped
piece e². The engagement of the washers D¹, D¹, with the sides of the ears or
Ings el, el, of the clip provides for the variation of the tilt of the saddle.
In cases where longitudinal adjustment of the saddle on the seat pillar is not
required I prefer to form the serrated or roughened ears or lugs e¹, e¹, in one with
the seat pillar and thus dispense with the split socket e.
If desired the underframe of the saddle may be mounted directly on to the pillar
without the clip such a construction is illustrated by Figures 3 and 4, in which the
rear arms A and A¹ of the frame are made in one either by stamping or casting and
are held together by a web a which also acts as a stop in conjunction with a stop y,
preferably adjustable, formed on the seat pillar Y, to limit the movement of the rear
arms. The front arms A2 and A³ are similarly formed in one and joined by a web a¹
which also engages the stop y in certain positions. The rear and front arms are
pivotted to each other and to the seat pillar by a bolt or rivet D³.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
(1) A saddle for velocipedes consisting essentially of a pair of arms pivotted to the
cantle plate and to a second pair of arms adapted to carry a roller over which a band
or chain passes one end of which is fixed to the front end or peak of the seat and the
other end is attached to a tension spring adjustably connected to the rear arms
or the cantle plate, as set forth.
(2) A saddle for velocipedes consisting of a seat provided with a central
longitudinal groove attached at its rear end to the cantle plate and carrying at
its front end or peak a band or chain passing over a roller carried by a pair of
arms pivotted to a second pair of arms hinged at their rear ends to the cantle
plate, the free end of said band or chain being secured to a tension spring
adjustably connected to the rear pair of arms or the cantle plate, as set forth.
(3) In a saddle for velocipedes, the combination of a seat of leather or other
suitable material with a pair of arms pivotted at their rear ends to a transverse
bar carried by the cantle plate to which the back part of the seat is attached,
of a pair of arins pivotted to the aforesaid pair of arms by means of the transverse
bolt of the securing clip, of an adjustable roller carried by the free ends of said
arms, of a hand or chain passing round said roller and fixed by its one end to
the front end or peak of the seat, of a tension spring having its one end
connected to the free end of said band or chain and at its other adjustably connected
to the transverse bar carried by the cantle plate, as set forth.
(4) A saddle for velocipedes, constructed and arranged substantially as hereinbefore
described and illustrated by Figures 1, 2 and 5 of the accompanying drawing.

page_text: (5) A saddle for velocipedes constructed and arranged substantially as hereinbefore
described and illustrated by Figures 3 and 4 of the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 8th day of October 1898.
ROBERT E. PHILLIPS, Assoc. M. Inst. C.E., M.I. Mech. E.,
Chartered Patent Agent,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.