Improvements in Luggage-carriers for Cycles and other Vehicles.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 17th May, 1892-Accepted 27th Aug., 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Luggage-carriers for Cycles and other Vehicles.
I, FRED ELWIN BARBOUR, residing at No. 528 Tenth Street, N.E.
Washington City, District of Columbia, United States of America, 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:
My invention which relates to luggage-carriers for vehicles, is especially
designed and adapted for use on bicycles and tricycles; having for its object the
production of a compact, cheap, light and durable carrier easily applied to a
bicycle and affording a spacious, ready receptacle for packages that may therein
be carried without liability of injury from binding-straps or similar contrivances.
The invention will be hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the
claims.
In the accompanying drawings which form part of this Specification
Fig. 1 represents a side elevation of my improved carrier applied to a bicycle.
Fig. 2 detached perspective view of same open.
Fig. 3 perspective view of clips for securing the invention to frame of a
bicycle.
Fig. 4 longitudinal sectional view of case for containing the carrier, and
Figs. 5 and 6 represent modifications of the device.
Reference being had to the drawings and letters thereon A indicates the body of
the carrier which is preferably knit or made of netting, as shown. The ordinary
hammock-stitch is employed for the purpose and the device terminates in a strand
or strands a, serving as a fastening for its rear end.
B represents a cylindrical case for containing and housing the carrier when not
in use, being made of leather or other suitable material and secured to frame of
bicycle saddle by straps b, b, encircling both case and frame. In the rear closed
end of case B is secured a ring-bolt c, to which is fastened the end of strands a, of
the carrier, thus affording a substantial and permanent support for that end
thereof.
To the opposite upper end of carrier A is stitched a flanged disk C, corre-
sponding in material and in its circumference to that of case B, serving as a lid or
cap for closing the open end of said case when the carrier A has been stored
therein and also as a support for a wire clip D by which the front end of the
device is detachably attached to the handle-bar of the bicycle when in use.
Clip D is made of spring wire, such as brass or phosphor-bronze, is secured to
the face of disk C by small staples clinched on the inside, and, as shown, in Fig. 3,
is substantially U-shaped. Its upper ends terminating in an outwardly-projecting
double hook, which when in use embraces the handle-bar of, the bicycle on both
sides of the steering post.
To steady and further secure the carrier in operative position a second wire
clip E may be provided similar to the first in material; differing however in form
this clip is adapted first to encircle the steering post by its loop d, and then
passing under the bicycle-rod or frame to engage the latter, in its terminal hook e.
The spring of the wire allowing such adjustment of the clips D and E both of
which may be incased by sections of rubber tubing to prevent scratching and to
cushion the parts so as to avoid rattling.
The device having been constructed and applied substantially as described its
ise and operation are too apparent to require an explanation.
Having served its purpose as a parcel or luggage carrier or it being desired to
tore the carrier away to avoid the damaging effect of rain, clips D, E, are released
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page_text: and the netting together with clip E forced into case B followed by disk or
cover C, which then serves to close the open end of case B rendering it water-
tight and a snug housing for the device.
Modifications of the carrier are illustrated by Figs. 5 and 6 of the drawings, the
former embodying a rod 1, which serves as a spread and gives to the carrier an
angular form, and the latter, made of greater length is bifurcated at its lower end
as at 2, and straddles the frame of a bicycle in like manner to a pack-saddle, thus
affording greater storing capacity. With a carrier of the latter description a
draw-string may be employed for securing the sides together at any particular
point for the purpose of reducing the depth thereof. Or, in a similar manner the
two members 3, 4, of such bifurcated carrier may be fastened together below the
frame of the bicycle to steady the device.
While in the construction of my improved carrier netting is preferred as the
material used, cloth, leather, rubber or rubber fabric may be employed. It is
obvious however, that in the preferred form danger of losing packages is very
slight owing to a tendency of the meshes to catch and retain them, the wind
resistance is reduced to a minimum, and the device rendered very light in weight
without detracting from its durability.
Furthermore, the peculiar mode of attachment by strand a, renders the device
adjustable to fit bicycles having greater or less space between saddle and handle-
bar, by retaining more or less of said strand a, in the case B as circumstances
may require.
It is also apparent that the device may be provided with a gossamer cover
stitched to one of its upper edges for protecting the contents of the carrier when
used during rain or snow storms. And the case B may be made of any shape that
will better accommodate it to saddles of different constructions without departing
from the spirit of my invention.
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
claim is :-
1
A luggage-carrier for bicycles and similar vehicles, consisting of a bag
detachably and adjustably secured at one end to the seat, at its opposite end to the
handle-bar, and near its base to the frame of the vehicle.
2. A luggage-carrier for bicycles, consisting of a detachable bag secured at its
rear end to the saddle, in combination with spring clips near its front end and base
securing it to the handle-bar and frame of the bicycle respectively.
3. A detachable luggage-carrier for bicycles, consisting of a bag secured at one
eud to the saddle, in combination, with a spring clip in form of a double hook for
securing its opposite end to the handle-bar, and a spring-clip near its base for
encircling the steering-post and engaging the frame of the bicycle.
4. As an article of manufacture, a detachable luggage-carrier, consisting of a
bag one end thereof being secured to a case adapted to receive said carrier when
not in use.
5. As an article of manufacture, a detachable luggage-carrier consisting of a
bag one end thereof being secured within a case adapted to receive the carrier
when not in use, a lid for said case attached to the opposite end of the carrier,
and a clip secured to the lid affording a support for same when in use.
Dated this 17th day of May 1802
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents for the Applicant.