US823915A - Cycle-saddle. - Google Patents

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No. 823,915. PATENTED JUNE 19, 1906.

J. B. BROOKS & J. HOLT.

CYCLE SADDLE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 6. 1905.

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CYCLE SADDLE. APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 6. 1905.

WITN ES 5 ES unnnn STATES PATENT omen. JOHN BOULTBEE BROOKS, OF BlRMiNGHAM, AND JOHN HOLTQOF ASTON,

ENGLAND.

,CYCLE-SADDLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 19, 1906.

Application filed November 6, 1905. Serial No. 286,162;

residing at 97 Frederick road, Aston, near Birmingham, England, subjects of the King of Great Britain, have invented certain new and. useful 1m rovements in Cycle-Saddles, of which thefo lowing is a specification.

This invention has relation to cycle-saddles,- and has for its object to provide the under side of the after part of the seat-leather with supplementary seat-sustaining devices which are supported or upheld from below by means of a system of springs and to enable the seat-.

leather to be stretched to a moderate degree of tension only, and so preserve its softness and comfort without detriment to the efiiciency of the saddle in supporting, a riders weight.

Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents an under side plan of a cycle-saddle constructed and arranged in accordance with the'said invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section taken through one of the springsustained seat-supporting devices. Fig. 3 is a-transverse vertical section, taken upon the dotted line a Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is another sectional view showing more clearly the form and arrangement of the seat-sustaining spring employed in this particular construction of saddle. Fig. 5 is a sectional view of a v portion of a saddle, illustrating the sustainingsprings in the form of pillar-coils attached to the underframe. Fig. 6 is a sectional view of a saddle, showing the sustaining-springs in the form of pillar-coils sup orted by longitudinal seat-stretcher mem ers. Fig. -7- is a sectional view of a saddle, showing sustaining-springs in the form of pillar-coils carried by a s ring-supporting bracket attached to' the sa dle-clip. Fig. 8 is a sectional view of a saddle, showing the sustaining-springs in the form of levering-arms with their outer ends fixed to the cantle-plate of the seat.

The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures of the drawings.

a is the seat-leather of the saddle, which is carried, as usual, between a cantle-plate a, and a peak-plate a, su orted by the underframing b, but prefera ly the said leather is left in a moderately-tensioned, and therefore Soft, condition.

c d are seat-supporting pads which are made from triangular pieces of felt or other suitable material secured (by stitchin or otherwise) to bases orfoundationsof leat er.

These pads are sustained or upheld and maintained in effective supporting contact with the under side of the rear portion of the seatleather by means of a system of springs which are independent of the underframingsprings or are carried by some relatively sta tionary part of the saddle, and in the particular arrangement represented in the drawings these springs takethe form of levering-arms e, which are evolve'd'from or constitute inward or forwardly-returned continuations of the rear ends of the upper members I) of the underframing and have their resilience in creased by the provision of spring loop-coils e at their junctions with the said framing members, although it isto be understood that the sustaining-springs may take the form of pillar-coils p, which are shown by Fig. 5 attached to the underframing, supported by the longitudinal seat-stretcher members in Fig. 6, or may be carried by a spring-supporting bracket p, as illustrated by Fig, 7, the said bracket being secured to the saddle-clip. In Fig. Sthe springs are shown in the form of levering-arms 19 which are fixed at their outer ends to the cantle-plate of the seat.

Preferably "the connection between the ends of the springs and the pads is made through the medium of auxiliary frames or fittings f, each having a triple series of arms sustained thereby are not affected by contact with the supporting devices. In addition to providing for the point suspension of the pads the said auxiliary or intermediate fittings also serve as stretcher brackets or spreaders which keep the foundations of the pads properly distended in the desired planes when the saddle is being ridden and also distribute the efiort of the springs over an extended area in transmitting the same through the pads to the seat.

The arms of the suspension-fittings may either be rigid or flexible, and when the padfoundations are supported by the springs alone and are independent of the other parts of the saddle then the said arms or branches are made rigid and are secured thereto at the suspension-points by riveting, as shown in the drawings or otherwise.

Having fully described our invention, what we desire to claim and secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a cycle-saddle, the combination with a seat having underframing-springs, of supporting devices arranged underneath the rear portion of the seat, and spring means engaging the said supporting devices and independent of the underframing-springs, the said spring means being carried by a relatively stationary part of the saddle.

2. In a cycle-saddle, the combination with a seat having a yielding underframing, of supporting devices arranged underneath the rear portion of the seat, and levering-arm springs connected to and upholding and sustaining the said supporting devices, the levering-arm springs being distinct from the yielding underframing.

3. In a cycle-saddle, the combination with of supporting devices arranged underneath the rear portion of the seat, and levering-arm springs continuing from the members of the underframing and connected to and sustaining and upholding the said supporting devices.

4. In acycle-saddle, the combination with a seat and a yielding underfraniing, oi branched fittings disposed under the rear portion of the seat and provided with spring sup porting means, and pads arranged between the seat and the fittings and held by the latter in point-sustained condition.

5. In a cycle-saddle, the combination with a seat and a yielding umlerfraniing" of rigid fittings having radiating arms or branches and provided with spring supporting means, and pads arranged between the seat and the fittings and connected in point suspension to the arms of the latter, the fittings with their radiating arms serving as spreader-brackets or stretchers for the said pads.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

a seat and a yielding underlramin JOHN BOULIBEE BROOKS. JOHN HOUI.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR SADLEB, IDA B. 80mm.

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