Improvements in or connected with Bicycles.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd June, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 20th Mar., 1897-Accepted, 24th Apr., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Bicycles.
I, WILLIAM CARTER, of 86, Eaton Mews, North Eaton Place, in the County
of London, Coachman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:
My invention has for its object to provide means for retaining a bicycle in an
upright or substantially upright position without the necessity for placing it against
the curb of a roadway, a wall or other similar support.
According to my invention I hinge to the lower part of the bicycle frame near
to the pedal-axle a leg or strut of such length that when the machine is standing
nearly upright it will reach the ground. Upon the bar to which the said leg is
pivoted I place a spring-catch for receiving the end of the leg when it is not
required for use. It will be obvious that a rider having dismounted from his
machine has only to stoop down and unship the leg from its catch when the said leg
will come into contact with the ground and give the required support..
My support can be fixed on either side of a bicycle.
Dated this 22nd day of June 1896.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.
I, WILLIAM CARTER, of 86, Eaton Mews North Eaton Place, in the County
of London, Coachman, 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 has for its object to provide means for retaining a bicycle in an
upright or substantially upright position without the necessity for placing it against
the curb of a roadway, a wall or other similar support.
According to my invention I hinge to the lower part of the bicycle frame near to
the pedal-axle a leg or strut of such length that when the machine is standing nearly
upright it will reach the ground. Upon the bar to which the said leg is pivoted I
place a spring-catch for receiving the end of the leg when it is not required for use.
It will be obvious that a rider having dismounted from his machine has only to
stoop down and unship the leg from its catch when the said leg will come into
contact with the ground and give the required support.
My support can be fixed on either side of a bicycle.
To enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe it by reference to
the accompanying drawing, in which:-
Figure 1 is a side elevation of the rear portion of a bicycle having my support
applied thereto :

page_text: Figure 2 is a sectional elevation, the section being taken on the line 22
Figure 1.
A is the frame of the bicycle. a is the leg or strut forming the support for the
bicycle. The said leg is hinged at 6 to a downward extension c of one half of a
clamping device d by means of which the support is secured to the bicycle frame.
e is the spring catch on the frame A for holding the free end of the leg a when it
is not in use as shewn in full lines in the figures.
f is a shoulder on the downward extension c of the clamping device d, against
which shoulder the leg a rests when in its operative position as shewn in dotted
lines.
As above described it will be obvious that to use the leg for supporting the
bicycle, the rider has only to pull the free end of the leg a out of the
spring-catch e and to move the said leg into the position shewn in dotted lines
in the figures.
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 :-
The construction, and application to bicycles, of the support herein before
described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 20th day of March 1907
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.