US544223A - Bicycle-support - Google Patents

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W. H. HART, Jr. BICYCLE SUPPORT.

No. 544,223. Patented Aug. 6,1895.

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WILLIAM H. HART, JR, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

BICYCLE-SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming'part of Letters Patent No. 544,223, dated August 6, 1895.

Application filed March 21', 1894..

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H. HART, Jr., a citizen of the United States, residingin the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful improvement in Bicycle-Supports, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings.

My invention consists of a bicycle-support formed of a standard or leg and base of open orskeleton form as hereinafter described. It also consists in providing the support with springs or spring-jaws, which are adapted to embrace and thus be connected with the frame or other proper part of the pedal of, a bicycle and be placed in a vertical or operative position, and when not required for use to be folded or closed under the pedal, so as to be fully out of the way and not interfere with the free motions of the pedal, the open base permitting the introduction of the toe part of the riders shoe or boot therein, while said base, together with the skeleton or open nature of the standard, causes the weight of the support and expense of the same to'be lessened, while a better and stronger article is produced, said open base having an outward swellwhich spreads the same without materially increasing the weight thereof, while enlarging the space of the open base for the ready introduction of the toe portion of the shoe of the rider.

Figures 1 and 2 represent perspective views of a bicycle-support embodying my invention, the same being respectively in operative and inoperative positions. Fig. 3 representsa section on line a: 00, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 represents a perspective view of a support provided with a brace. Fig. 5 represents a side elevation of a portion of a modification.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a standard or leg which is connected by the pivot B with the collar 0, the latter being adapted to be connected with the sleeve D of thepedal of a bicycle, said standard having at its lower end the base E, which rests on the ground, and on its inner side the elastic jaws F, which are so located that when the support is in closed position they clasp the sleeve D,

Serial No. 505,841. (No model.

as will be'seen in Figs. 2 and 3. On the outer side of the standard is a shoulder G, which abuts against the ear H on the side of the pedal, so as to relieve the collar 0 of strain when the weight of the bicycle is superimposed on the standard A and to prevent outward motion of the support.

In Fig. 5 I show the standard pivoted to the ear H, in which case the collar 0 is'dispensed with.

In Fig. 4. I show a brace L, which is attached to the standard and base for stengthening the connection of said parts.

It will be seen that when service of the sup port is not required it is folded on the under side of the pedal without interfering with the free operations of the latter. In'this case the standard A is parallel with the sleeve D. The base E is at or about a right angle to said sleeve at the inner end thereof, and the jaws F clasp said sleeve, thus holding the support in position. (See Figs. 2 and 3.) When it is desired to sustain the bicycle the support is forced down and outwardly, the holding power of the jaws F being overcome and the base rested on the ground or road, as will be seen in Fig. 1, the eifect of which is evident.

Before the bicycle is mounted the rider can throw up the support with his foot, the jaws then springing or catching on the sleeve D as before, whereby the support is held in folded or inoperative position.

It will be seen that the standard and base are formed of wire which is properly bent into the required shape, the side pieces of the standard being connected by the plates A A the shoulder G being on the plate A and the jaws F on the plate A Owing to the formation of the standard and base in the main of wire the support will be inexpensive, light, strong, and durable. The space 'J in the base E provides means for the readyintroduction of the'toe part of the riders shoe or boot, so as to throw down the support when required to be placed in operative position,-'this being rendered possible to a greater extent owing to the outwardly swelled or bulg- -ing portion E of the front or under side of the base, which portion also spreads out the base, so as to increase the surface of the base by which the support is rested on the ground or road.

Although I have described the standard and base as formed of wire it is evident that they may be made of any other metal,forged or otherwise shaped into an open or skeleton 5 form.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of apedal with an anguro lar standard of open form, pivoted to said pedal the base limb of which has an outwardlyextending swell, substantially as described.

2. A pedal, a standard pivoted thereto and of open form adapted to receive the toe of a riders shoe, and a spring clasp connected IS with said standard and engaging a sleeve on said pedal, said parts being combined substantially as described.

WILLIAM II. HART, JR.

\Vitnesses:

J OHN A. VVEIDERSHEIM, R. H. GRAESER.

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