US575406A

US575406A - Bicycle-seat

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Publication number: US575406A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1897-01-19
Anticipated expiration: 1914-01-19

Description

(No Model.)

0. E. WHEELAND. BICYCLE SEAT. No. 575,406; Patented Jan. 19, 1897;

I WITNESSES: mvshran w ZQJQ6%% NI'IED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES ELMER \VI-IEELAND, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

BICYCLE-SEAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 575,406, dated January 19, 1897. Application filed April 10, 1896. Serial No. 586,897. (No model.)

T0 at whom it 71%; concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES ELMER WHEE- LAND, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Seattle, in the county of King and State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bicycle- Seats, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponcling parts.

This invention relates to bicycle-seats; and the object thereof is to provide an improvement in this class of devices whereby the rider may retain his position upon the seat with less effort than usual and whereby the tendency to slide foward thereon will be to some extent avoided.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompan ying drawings form a part, in which- Figure l is a plan view of an ordinary bicycle-seat provided with my improvement, and Fig. 2 a partial section on the line 2 2 thereof.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Arepresents a bicycle-seat the top of which is preferably composed of leather in the usual manner, and said seat is wider at the rear portion thereof than at the front, as shown at a, the sides of the seat being contracted at a and downwardly curved in the usual manner and converge almost to a point, as shown at a The top or cover of the seat is provided centrally with the usual longitudinal slot a and secured thereto at each side of said slot are forwardly-curved segmental cushions or supports B, which are composed of leather, two pieces being employed to form each cushion, and the cushion being filled in with cotton, wool, or any preferred material, as shown at O, and the edges of the separate parts thereof being brought together and secured to the seat by small screws D, or in any desired manner. It will be observed that the convex portions or sides of the cushions are thereby is similar to the curve at the rear end of the seat, and in practice the weight of the body rests upon the seat rearwardly of the cushions B, and said cushions serve to prevent the body from sliding forwardly, and thus aid in retaining a proper position on the seat.

The cushions or supports B may be made solid, if desired, or of any preferred material, and I may also provide means for adjusting the same longitudinally of the seat, and it will be understood that, as shown in the drawings, said supports or cushions may be adjusted longitudinally of the seat by simply taking out the screws D and replacing the same.

My invention is not limited to the material of which the cap or cover of the seat is composed or from which the cushions are formed, and I reserve the right to make all such changes in and modifications of the construction described as fairly come within the scope of the invention.

Having fully described my invention, I

directed forwardly, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 31st day of March, 1896.

CHARLES ELMER WHEELAND.

Witnesses J AS. E. MoRRIsoN, R. M. KINNEAR.