Year: 1897

page_text: I, ELIZA AMPHLETT, of 3 Clarendon Crescent, Leamington, in the County of
Warwick, Spinster, do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to the construction of an apparatus, which can be attached
to a wall, or other suitable place, and forms a convenient means for suspending,
or supporting a bicycle clear of the ground, or floor.
The said apparatus consists substantially of a plate, or frame fixed to the
wall and carrying a horizontal bar, or rod on which suitably formed arms are
supported, and capable of adjustment thereon. The bicycle is hung or suspended.
from the said arms by its frame.
As a convenient mode of construction, I may form the plate, or frame of a.
stout wooden board, having cross-pieces, or battens fixed on each end, the whole
being screwed, nailed, or otherwise attached to, or suspended from a wall, or
other suitable support.
A staple, eye, or other suitable device is attached to each said cross-piece, and
the said devices carrying a metal rod, or tube, or a wooden rod, provided with a
cross-piece or other means at one end, to prevent it sliding out of the said devices.
The aforesaid arms, on which the machine is hung, may each consist of a metal
bar, or tube having one end bent at right angles to hook over the aforesaid
horizontal bar, so that the bent end bears against the back plate, or frame,
whilst the main part stands out horizontally at right angles.
The bent end is provided with a plate, or cross-piece to bear on the board and
prevent the arm swinging aside, while the outer end is turned up, or furnished
with any suitable device to prevent the machine slipping off. The arms are
covered with rubber, cloth, or other suitable material to prevent injury to the.
enamel or plating of the machine.
For a single bicycle, two arms are sufficient, and it is obvious that the said!
arms may be moved along the horizontal bar to adjust them to the best position.
to receive and support the frame of the machine, and by this means the apparatus:
can be instantly adapted to suit any particular pattern of frame.
To support a tandem, or two, or more single machines, additional arms are
required with a proportionate lengthening of the back plate and horizontal bar,
and additional intermediate supports to the said bar, if necessary.
The frame, or back plate, may, if preferred, be made of metal, or a combination
of metal and wood, instead of wood, as above described, and the arms may be
cast, or formed in any other suitable way, instead of being bent out of rod or
tubing.
When the apparatus is not in use, the arms can be lifted off out of the way,
and the horizontal bar also removed, if desired.
1007
AMBROSE MYALL,
2, Lancaster Place, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: improvements in Bicycle Supports.
I, ELIZA AMPHLETT, of 3 Clarendon Crescent, Leamington, in the County of
Warwick, Spinster, 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 :-
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My invention relates to the construction of an apparatus, which can be attached
to a wall, or other suitable place, and forms a convenient means for suspending,
or supporting one or more bicycles, or tandems, clear of the ground, or floor.
The said apparatus consists substantially of a plate, or frame fixed to the
wall and carrying a horizontal bar, or rod on which suitably formed arms are
supported, and capable of adjustment thereon..
The bicycle, or bicycles are hung, or suspended from the said arms by their
frames.
In the accompanying sheet of drawings, which forms part of this specification,
and in which similar letters of reference denote similar parts throughout;
Fig. 1 is a front elevation, and
Fig. 2 is a sectional end elevation through A A, in Fig. 1, of a bicycle support,
constructed according to one method of carrying out my invention.
Fig. 3 is a perspective view, to a reduced scale, of the said apparatus, showing a
lady's, or drop frame bicycle, supported thereon.
The plate, or frame, as shewn, consists of a light wooden board B, having
cross pieces, or battens C fixed on each end, and the whole is screwed, nailed,
or otherwise attached to, or suspended from a wall, or other suitable support.
A staple, or eye D, or other suitable device is fixed in each cross piece C, and
a metal bar, or tube E is passed through the said devices and carried by them in
a horizontal position, leaving a space between it and the plate B, as shewn most
clearly in Fig. 2. The said bar may be formed of wood, if preferred.
The aforesaid arms on which the machine is hung, each consist of a metal bar,
or tube H, having one end H' bent down at about right angles, to hook over the
horizontal bar E, so that this end H¹ bears against the plate B, whilst the main
part H stands out horizontally at right angles thereto. The extremity of the
part H terminates in a cross piece H2, to bear against the plate B and so
prevent the arm swinging aside, while the extremity of H is turned up, as shewn
at H³, or furnished with any suitable device to prevent the machine slipping off.
The arms are tipped with rubber, cloth, or other suitable material, as indicated
at J, Fig. 2, to prevent injury to the enamel, or plating of the machine, or
machines hung thereon. If preferred, the whole of the arms may be covered
as above described.
For a single bicycle, two arms H and for two bicycles three arms are sufficient,
and it is obvious that they may be moved along the horizontal bar E, to adjust
them to the best position to receive and support the frame of the machine, see
Fig. 3, and by this means the apparatus can be instantly adapted to suit any
particular pattern of frame.
To support more than two single machines, or tandems additional arms are
required with a proportionate lengthening of the plate B and horizontal bar E,
and additional intermediate supports to the said bar, if necessary.
The frame, or back plate, may, if preferred, be made of metal, or a combination
of wood and metal, instead of wood, as above described, and the arms may be
cast, or formed in any other suitable way, instead of being bent out of rod, or tube.
When the apparatus is not in use, the arms H, H, can be instantly lifted off

page_text: out of the way, and the horizontal bar E also removed, if desired, thus making
the apparatus very compact for travelling.
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. In a bicycle support, in combination, a horizontal bar and removable arms
adapted to engage adjustably with said bar, substantially as and for the purpose
herein set forth.
2. In a bicycle support, in combination, a vertical plate, or frame, a horizontal
bar carried by said plate or frame, and removable arms adapted to engage adjust-
ably with said bar and plate, substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.
3. A bicycle support, consisting of the combination of a vertical plate, or
frame B, a removable horizontal bar E, and arms H having downwardly pro-
jecting portions H₁, with crosspieces H2 and vertical projections H³, adjustable
on said bar E, substantially as and for the purpose herein described and shewn
with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Dated the 15th day of November 1897
AMBROSE MYALL,
2 Lancaster Place, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.