Improvements in Luggage-carriers for Velocipedes and the like.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Jan., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 20th Oct., 1896-Accepted, 2nd Jan., 1897
[Communicated from abroad by CORNELIUS JAMES BROSNAN, of 123 Westminster
Street, in the City of Springfield, County of Hampden and State of
Massachusetts, United States of America, Mechanical Engineer.]
Improvements in Luggage-carriers for Velocipedes and the like.
1, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent
Agents, 45 Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Said luggage carrier consists of a central portion of strong wire having two
parallel arms on one end of which is a hook for engage:nent with the handle-bars
and the handle-bar-pust. Said arms have each an aye formel on its extremity.
A wire side-frame consisting of a side and two enl bars, has an eye formed on
the extremity of one of said end-birs which engages with said eye on one of said
parallel arms, and the second arm of said frame has also an eye thereon hooking
around said parallel arm near said hook.
A second side frame of like construction is attached to the other parallel arm,
and thereby two side frames are attached, one ou each of said parallel arms, and
are adapted to fold inwardly, one over the other, onto said central parallel arms
closely for convenient packing, or to be carried in the pocket.
To hold the said side frames in open position, when desired, a wire stay-bar is
hung on one of said frames and passes across the lower end of said parallel arms,
and hooks onto the opposite frame.
The said hook portion of the carrier is covered with leather to prevent chafering
the bicycle parts.
Suitable straps for holding articles of clothing onto the carrier are connected
thereto.
Dated this Taninth d
1003
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in Luggage-carriers for Velocipedes and the like.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent
Agents, 45 Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, 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:
This invention relates to luggage-carriers for vehicles which are detachable
therefrom, and particularly to that class of such carriers as are adapted for use on
bicycles, the object being to provide an improved luggage-carrier in respect of its
carrying capacity and its adaptability for packing in small compass; and the
invention consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of the several parts
or members of the devices, all as hereinafter fully described, and more particularly
pointed out in the claims.

page_text: In the drawings forming part of this specification,
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a luggage-carrier constructed according to my
invention, the same being shown in said figure attached to the haudle-bar and
adjacent parts of a bicycle.
Figure 2 is a perspective view of the luggage-carrier with its parts folded
together.
In the drawings, A and bb constitute, respectively, the hook and the arms of
the central metallic member of the luggage-carrier, said hook being at one end.
thereof, as shown, and said arms extending from the hook in parallel relations and
constituting the central portion of the carrier. The said hook A is adapted to be
engaged with the handle-bars N and handle-bar post D of a bicycle or tricycle in
the manner shown in Figure 1. The extremities of the said arms 6 have each an
eye 3 formed thereon by bending the end of the wire around in the plane of the
upper side of said arm against the side of the latter, as shown.
A metallic frame c, consisting of a side and two end bars, as shown, has an eye 5
formed on the extremity of one of said end bars by passing the end of a wire over
said arm 6 and bringing its extremity against the under side of said end bar. The
second end bar of the frame c has thereon the eye 4, which is formed by passing
the end of said bar over the top of said arm b and bringing the extremity of said
end bar upwardly through the said eye 3 on the end of eaid arm b against the under
side of said end bar This disposition of the eye 4 relative to the eye 3 on the
arm 5 causes the curved extremity of said arm b to extend the thickness of the
wire beyond that portion of the end bar of the frame c which is within the eye 3
on the end of arm b. The above-described construction of one of said frames c
and the manuer of attaching it to the said arın b of said central hook member
applies also to the second frame c, for the manner of attaching each of said two
frames to the said central hock members is identical, and by said manner of
attaching them said frames are so hung each on one of the arms b of said
hook member that they may be folded or shut together centrally over said
hok member, as shown in Figure 2, or opened out to the position shown in
Figure 1, whereby they extend laterally from each of said arms and are so
supported by the peculiar engagement of the eyes 4 of said two frames c and the
eyes 3 of said arms b, for when the frames c are opened out, as shown in Figure 1,
one arm of each of said frames lies across the upper side of the eye 3 of the arm b
and prevents either frame e from swinging laterally any farther than is required to
bring said frames and said hook meniber into substantially equal planes, thereby
presenting a "luggage-table," so to speak, or platform, on which articles, such as
garments, &c. may be conveniently laid and secured for transportation. Means for
uniting, temporarily, the extremities of the arms b of said hook member and the
parts of said frame c adjacent to said extremities are provided by means of the
stay-bar d. Said stay-bar is attached to oue of said frames c by an eye 6 on one
end thereof, which incloses the wire of said frame, as shown in Figure 1, but with
such freedom as permits said inclosing eye 6 to move on said trame from the
position which it occupies in Figure 1 to that in which it is seen in Figure 2, whereby
said stay-bar is brought to a position substantially parallel with the outer border
of the frame to which it is attached and in a line therewith, thereby permitting the
frame to which said bar is connected to be swung to the position shown in Figure 2,
whereby said frame and bar are brought to convenient packing positions, the
second frame c, lying, as may be preferred, either under or over the said frame on
which said stay-bar is attached. The opposite end of said stay-bar to that on
which said eye 6 is formed has the hook 7 formed thereon for attachment with and
detachment from the end bar of one of said frames c, as shown in Figure 1.
attaching the said stay-bar to both of frames c in the position shown in the last-
named figure the stay-bar is extended over the ends of said arms b and has its
hook 7 engaged with the frame c, and then the bar is swung over and under the
eyes 3 on the extremities of said arms b to the position shown in Figure 1, thereby
so locking the said frames c that they are held in an open or spread position, as
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page_text: shown in said last-named figure, for the purpose aforesaid. Said frames c are, so to
speak, "unlocked" so that they may be folded inwardly, as described, for packing
the carrier by swinging the stay-bar outwardly and upwardly from the position
shown in Figure 1, thereby disengaging the stay-bar from under the eyes 3 and
bringing it to such a position that it can be unhooked from one of the frames can
brought to the position on the other frame. (Shown in Figure 2.) The said
stay-bar constitutes a convenient point on the carrier for attaching a strap K,
whereby the carrier is secured to the handle-bar post to be properly held in place
when in use.
One or more straps J J may be attached to the frames of the device for
strapping articles onto the luggage-carrier.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me-
by my foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. A luggage-carrier for vehicles consisting of a central metallic member having
a hook at one end thereof, and two parallel arms extending fro.n said hook,
combined with a metallic frame extending laterally from each of said arms and
hinged thereon whereby said frames are supported in said laterally-exten led
positions and may be folded together inwardly, one above the other, between said
arms, and a stay-bar extending from one to the other of said frames and engaging
therewith, and temporarily uniting said frames and the separated ends of said arms,.
substantially as set forth.
2. A luggage-carrier for vehicles consisting of a central metallic member having
a hook at one end thereof, and two parallel arms extending from said hook,.
combined with a metallic frame extending laterally from each of said arms and
hinged thereon whereby said frames are supported in said laterally extended
positions and may be folded together inwardly one above the other between said
arms, and a stay-bar hinged by one end to one of said frames and having a hook.
engagement with the second frame, and engaging with the extremities of said arms,
whereby said frames are temporarily retained in said extended positions, substan-
tially as set forth.
3. A luggage-carrier for vehicles consisting of a central metallic member having
a hook at one end thereof, and two parallel arms extending from said hook,.
combined with a metallic frame extending laterally from each of said arms and
hinged thereon whereby said frames are supported in said laterally-extended
positions and may be folded together inwardly one above the other, between said
arms, a stay-bar having a combined hinged and sliding connection with one of said
frames whereby said bar may be moved from the end of said frame to a position
parallel with the outer side thereof and vice versa, said bar having a hook on its
free end for engagement with the opposite frame, substantially as set forth.
4. A luggage-carrier for vehicles consisting of a central metallic member having
a hook at one end thereof, and two parallel arms extending from said hook,
combined with a metallic frame extending laterally from each of said arms and
hinged thereon whereby said frames are supported in said laterally-extended
positions and may be folded together inwardly, one above the other, between said arms,.
a stay-bar extending from one to the other of said frames and engaging therewith,
and temporarily uniting said frames and the separated ends of said arms, and one-
or more luggage-holding straps, attached to said carrier, substantially as set.
forth.
DL
1000
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.