Improvements in or connected with Cycle Saddles.
Year: 1896

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Cycle Saddles.
ERNEST DENMAN 7 Stokes Croft Bristol Saddler and Harness Manufacturer:
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A cycle saddle frame consisting of a peak plate for the front part, but in place.
of the usual semi circular cantle plate at the back, two plates hereinafter described
as side plates are adopted upon which to strain the seat leather, these side plates-
together with their connecting cross stays fixed at right angles into the ends of
them embody the improvements introduced. The frame will be constructed
preferably of steel but any other suitable material may be employed. The-
complete saddle may be constructed in the following manner :-The carriage or
springs comprise four steel rods bent or curved to the desired shape and run
longitudinally from the peak plate to which they are attached to the back or seat
plates to which they are likewise fixed two into the forward and two into the after
ends of the same, the seat plates consist of two side plates set right and left at the
requisite distance apart and in a parallel position, they will he either flat arched
or round in section and shaped to a suitable design, in order to maintain the due
expansion of the seat covering laterally, two cross stays are fitted to the ends of
the side plates at right angles connecting one with the other, the cross stays will
be curved in a downward direction to avoid contact with the seat covering when in
depression; upon the top of the frame so constructed may be strained and secured
the seat leather necessary to complete the saddle.
Improvements in or connected with Cycle Saddles.
ERNEST DENMAN Saddle and Harness Manufacturer 7 Stokes Croft Bristof
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 relates to saddles for cycles, motor cars, motor cycles, trotting
cars and other vehicles, and consists in improvements connected with the saddle
frame, whereby the semi circular cantle plate usually employed at the back is
done away with and replaced by side plates supported or formed upon a suitable
cross piece.
In order that my invention may be fully understood, reference is made to the
accompanying drawings in which :-
Fig. 1 is a plan of a saddle frame constructed in accordance with my invention,
the seat leather being shown in dotted lines.
Fig. 2 is a plan of the cross piece and side plates.

page_text: Fig. 3 is a section on the line x-x in Fig. 2.
The same reference letters refer to similar parts in all the figures.
The crosspiece a is turned up at its extremities and widened to form side
plates b, b.
Four springs c, c, d, d, of any ordinary type are connected to the cross-piece a
and pass through the saddle clip e and are secured to the front plate f. The seat
leather is rivetted or otherwise attached to the side plates b, b, and to the peak
plate h, the tension being regulated in the usual manner by means of an
adjustment g.
The saddle clip e, front plate, adjustment 9, peak plate h, and springs c, c, d, d
are of any usual construction which may be found suitable.
The cross piece a and side plates b, b, may be of any suitable form or construction,
and the side plates b, b, may be attached to the cross piece a instead of being
made in one with it as described, the essential point being that the seat leather is
supported at the sides and at the peak plate, and not at the back as heretofore.
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 construction of saddle frames for cycles and other vehicles in which the
seat leather is supported between side plates and the peak plate, substantially as
herein before described and shown in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this Fourth day of January 1897.
ERNEST DENMAN.