Year: 1897

page_text: I, WILLINGHAM GEORGE MITCHINSON, of The Terrace, Spilsby, in the County
of Lincoln, Bank Manager, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to Stands or Supports for Velocipedes and the like suitable
either for a private house, shop or show room and comprises the improved device
hereinafter described.
My invention is designed to provide an improved stand or support chiefly
intended for maintaining what are commonly known as safety bicycles in a vertical
or upright position when not in use, or for exhibition purposes. My improved
stand or support can be made to accommodate one or a number of bicycles.
According to my said invention I provide a piece or block of wood, metal, or
other material, having a shallow groove, depression, or channel to receive the
front wheel of the bicycle, and an upwardly extending loop, or two upwardly
extending arms connected or not at their upper or free ends, and between which
arms or into which loop one of the wheels of the bicycle is inserted when being
placed in the above mentioned groove or depression. The groove or channelled
block or piece is connected in any convenient manner with, or formed on,
a cross piece forming a suitable base.
It will be seen that when one of the wheels of a bicycle is inserted into the loop,
or between the arms, and permitted to rest in the above mentioned groove or
depression the wheel, and consequently the machine, will be retained in a vertical
or upright position by the loop or arms, and will, moreover, be prevented from
making any endwise movement by the said groove or depression.
A number of grooved or channelled blocks or pieces may be removably or other-
wise attached to one crosspiece thereby forming a very convenient stand for sup
porting a number of bicycles, in a row, for exhibition purposes.
Thin 0th day of August 1897
A. F. SPOONER,
323, High Holborn, London,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: I, WILLINGHAM GEORGE MITCHINSON, of The Terrace, Spilsby, in the County
of Lincoln, Bank Manager, do hereby declare the nature of my said 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 stands or supports for velocipedes and the like suitable
either for a private house, shop or show room and comprises the improved device
hereinafter described.
My invention is designed to provide an improved stand or support chiefly
intended for maintaining what are commonly known as safety bicycles in a vertical
or upright position when not in use, or for exhibition purposes. My improved
stand or support can be made to accommodate one or a number of bicycles.
According to my present invention I provide a piece or block of wood, metal, or
other material, having a shallow groove, depression, or channel to receive the
front wheel of the bicycle, and an upwardly extending loop, or two upwardly
extending arms connected or not at their upper or free ends, and between which
arms or into which loop one of the wheels of the bicycle is inserted when being
placed in the above mentioned groove or depression. The grooved or channelled
block or piece is connected in any convenient manner with, or formed on,
a cross piece forming a suitable base. It will be seen that when one of the wheels
of a bicycle is inserted into the loop, or between the arms, and permitted to rest in
the above mentioned groove or depression the wheel, and consequently the machine,
will be retained in a vertical or upright position by the loop or arms, and will, more-
over, be prevented from making any endwise movement by the said groove or
depression.
A number of grooved or channelled blocks or pieces may be removably or other-
wise attached to one cross piece thereby forming a very convenient stand for sup-
porting a number of bicycles, in a row, for exhibition purposes.
In order that my invention may be more clearly understood and easily carried
into practical effect I have appended hereunto a double sized sheet of drawings upon
which I have illustrated examples of my improved velocipede stand.
Figure 1 is a plan view shewing a stand suitable for four velocipedes.
Figure 2 is a front elevation of Figure 1.
Figure 3 is a side elevation shewing a cycle fixed in position.
In carrying my invention into practice I construct the base of my stand of wood,
metal or other material having the depressions or shallow grooves or channels
at a¹ a a³ a formed in the extended or cross pieces a³ to receive one of the wheels
of the velocipede and the upwardly extending loops or arms B which are secured
to the extended portions and into which loops one of the wheels preferably the
front wheel W of the cycles are inserted when being placed in the grooves or
channels as clearly shewn at Figure 3. The loops or arms may or may not be
connected at their upper or free ends. The grooves or channels may be formed
in separate blocks or pieces and afterwards attached to the cross pieces of the base.
It will be readily seen that when one of the wheels of a bicycle is inserted into
the loop or between the arms and allowed to rest in the groove or channel the
wheel, and consequently the machine, will be held in a vertical or upright position
by the loops or arms and will also be prevented from moving sidewise by the groove
or depression.
Although I have described and shewn my stand as suitable for supporting four
cycles in a row it will be quite evident that it can be made with one cross piece

page_text: only so as to support a single machine or it may be made to support any convenient
number of cycles and the cross pieces and base may be formed in one piece or a
number of pieces attached together. Or instead of forming the base with cross
pieces it may be formed in one straight piece with the grooves or channels formed
in or attached thereto the loops or arms being arranged as previously described.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:-
CLAIMS.
First: The improved stand for velocipedes and the like consisting of the base
such as A having a groove or recess with the loop or arm B or with further supple-
mental base pieces a³ with grooves or recesses and corresponding loops or arms B
for each base piece substantially as hereinbefore described and as shewn upon the
accompanying sheet of drawings.
Second: In a stand for velocipedes and the like forming in or attaching to
the base one or more grooves or recesses with upwardly extending loops or arms
in the manner and for the purpose substantially as herein set forth and as shewn
upon the drawings.
Dated this 15th day of November, 1897.
GEORGE
BARKER,
Agent for Applicant,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham.