Untitled record

(Application filed May 0, 1898.)

Patented Apr. 25, 1899.

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THE NORRIS PETERS CO.. PHOTO-LITHO.. WASHINGTON. D. C.

United States Patent Office.

CLARENCE A. MYERS, OF ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY.

BICYCLE-SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 623,807, dated April 25, 1899.

Application filed May 6,1898. Serial Ho. 679,890. (Ho model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Clarence A. Myers, a . citizen of the United States, residing at Atlantic City, in the county of Atlantic, State 5 of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bicycle-Supports, which improvement is fully set forth in the followingspecification and accompanying drawings.

My invention consists of a bicycle-support io which when notin use is practically invisible . and adapted to automatically descend info a suitable casing, wherebj' space is economized and there is, furthermore, no liability of accident or damage happening to the support 15 by being struck from above or presenting an obstacle on the sidewalks, road, &amp;e.,the bicycle-wheel being adapted to be held on said casing by a yielding pressure without injury to the tire thereof, and provision is made for 20 adjusting said pressure.

It further consists of novel details of construction, all as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a bicycle-support embodying my invention and a portion of a wheel to which the same is applicable, the casing for said support being shown in section. Fig. 2 represents, on an 30 enlarged scale,a side elevation of the support, showing the upper portion of the casing therefor and the position the parts normally assume when the support is not in use. Fig. 3 represents a section on line x x, Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the fork of a bicycle, and B designates the wheel thereof, the latter being shown in Fig. 1 as 40 engaged by the clip or support C, which consists of a loop or U-shaped member D, the same passing through perforations or openings E in the block or cap F, which is supported on the top of the casing H.

J designates a seat in the upper portion of the plate G, the same being of sufficient depth so that the crown of the member D will be either flush with or just below the surface of the plate G when said member is in its low50 est or inoperative position.

K designates side recesses in the upper portion of the plate G, the same being located so as to enable the fingers of the user or operator to readily grasp the upper portion of the support C, and so raise the same from the 55 position seen in Figs. 2 and 3 to position seen in Fig. 1 when it is desired to use the device.

L designates a nut or stop attached to the lower portion of one or both of the members D,saidnuthavingoneextremity of the spring 60 M abutting thereagainst, while the other extremity of said spring makes contact with the lower portion of the body F when the support is in its uppermost or operative position, as indicated in Fig. 1. 65

The operation is as follows: The parts normally appear as seen in Figs. 2 and 3, the member I) of the support being in the main contained or concealed within the casing II, which latter is sunk into the ground. When .70 it is desired to use the support, the operator inserts his fingers in the recesses K and draws the support upwardly into the position seen in Fig. 1, whereupon the bicycle-wheel can be pushed into the space between the mem- '75 bersD, the top or crown of the support C being caused to firmly engage the contiguous portion of the tire of the wheel by reason of the pressure of the spring M, it being of course apparent that when the parts are in 80 the position seen in Fig. 1 said spring M tends to exert a downward pull upon the support C, thus holding the wheel in upright position as long as may be desired. When the wheel is withdrawn from the support C, the 85 latter falls by gravity into the position seen in Figs. 2 and 3, as will be evident, said support then being mainly invisible and removed from the liability of being struck or obstructing the sidewalk, road, &amp;c. Owing to the 90 nut L, the tension of the spring. M may be adjusted so as to cause the crown of the member C to exert more or less pressure on the bicycle-wheel for properly holding the latter on the cap G. 95