Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Jan., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 11th Oct., 1899-Accepted, 11th Nov., 1899
I, GEORGE AUGUSTUS YOUNGMAN, Manager of St. Stephen's Cycle Works,
11, St. Stephen's Street, in the City of Norwich, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:
This invention consists of improvements in cycle saddles my object being to
so connect the peak or fore end of the upper part or seating of the saddle with
the under-frame, as to more effectually distribute the stress on the leather or
other flexible material from which the said seating is formed, and thereby to
provide for the greater comfort of the rider.
In carrying my invention into effect I preferably make the leather or other
seating of the saddle of a forked or bifurcated form, and the extremities of
the divided ends I rivet or otherwise secure to the sides of a especially formed
peak plate or connection. The opposite end of the seating is attached to the
cantle plate of the saddle in any ordinary manner.
My saddle peak plate or connection has its sides, or lugs or projections there-
from, turned back at or about at right angles to the body or central portion
of the plate or connection through which passes a screw or stud for adjustment
of the tension of the seating. To the said turned back sides, or lugs or pro-
jections, I rivet or otherwise secure the ends of the bifurcated portion of the
seating..
By thus forming the saddle upper or seating and attaching the same to the
specially formed peak plate or connection I obtain a better distribution of the
stress, produced by the weight imposed upon the saddle, over the fore or peak
end of the leather or other material, and provide a more comfortable and con-
venient seat for the rider.
I make my peak plate or connection of different shapes and configurations suitable
for the attachment of the bifurcated end of the seating, and 1 adapt my invention
to saddles having various forms of under-frames, springs, and other fittings.
For the purpose of giving a neat finish or appearance to the peak end I some-
times provide a cover piece or extension for such end of the seating, the said
cover piece being either formed as a part of the leather or other seating and as
a connection between the divided portions, or from a separate piece of material
attached in any convenient manner to the peak end of the saddle.
Dated this 10th dow of Januar 1800
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: I, GEORGE AUGUSTUS YOUNGMAN, Manager of St. Stephen's Cycle Works,
11, St. Stephen's Street, in the City of Norwich, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be parti-
cularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention consists of improvements in cycle saddles my object being to
so connect the peak or fore end of the upper part or seating of the saddle with
the under-frame, as to more effectually distribute the stress on the leather or
other flexible material from which the said seating is formed, and thereby to
provide for the greater comfort of the rider.
In the accompanying sheet of explanatory drawings to be hereinafter referred
to.-
Figure 1 is a side elevation and Figure 2 a plan representing a cycle saddle
constructed in accordance with my invention.
Figure 3 is an end elevation and Figure 4 a plan, representing to a larger
scale, the specially formed peak plate or connection.
The same reference letters in the different views indicate the same parts.
In carrying my invention into effect I preferably make the leather or other
seating A of the saddle of a forked or bifurcated form, and the extremities of
the divided ends I rivet or otherwise secure to the sides of a specially formed
peak plate or connection B. The opposite end of the seating is attached to the
cantle plate of the saddle in any ordinary manner.
My saddle peak plate or connection B has its sides B', or lugs or projections,
turned back at or about at right angles to the body or central portion of the
plate or connection through which passes a screw or stud C for adjustment of
the tension of the seating in the usual manner. To the said turned back sides,
or lugs or projections, I rivet or otherwise secure the ends of the bifurcated
portion of the seating A.
By thus forming the saddle upper or seating and attaching the saine to the
specially formed peak plate or connection I obtain a better distribution of the
stress, produced by the weight imposed upon the saddle, over the fore or peak
end of the leather or other material, and provide a more comfortable and con-
venient seat for the rider.
I make my peak plate or connection of different shapes and configurations suitable
for the attachment of the bifurcated end of the seating, and I adapt my invention
to saddles having various forms of under-frames, springs, and other fittings.
For the purpose of giving a neat finish or appearance to the peak end I some-
times provide a cover piece or extension for such end of the seating, the said
cover piece being either formed as a part of the leather or other seating and as
a connection between the divided portions, or from a separate piece of material
attached in any convenient manner to the peak end of the saddle.
I sometimes make the saddle upper or seating from two separate pieces of
leather or other material having a longitudinal space between them, instead of
from a bifurcated piece of material such as hereinbefore described.
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 cycle saddle, the combination with the support or underframe of a
bifurcated or two part upper or seating, substantially as described.

page_text: 2. In a cycle saddle, the use of a specially formed peak plate B constructed and
arranged substantially as and for the purposes described and as illustrated.
3. An improved cycle saddle constructed substantially as and for the purposes
described and as illustrated.
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, and
25, Cross Street, Manchester,
Agents for the Applicant.