US581585A

US581585A - Bicycle-rack

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Publication number: US581585A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1897-04-27
Anticipated expiration: 1914-04-27

Description

(No Model.)

G. HIRSGHMAN, Sr. & G. HIRSOHMAN, Jr.

BIGYGLE RACK.

No. 581,585. Patented Apr. 27, 1897.

lVl/ENTORS ATTORNEYS.

GEORGE IHRSOHMAN, SR, AND GEORGE HIRSOHMAN, JR, OF MORRISTOVN, NE\V JERSEY.

BICYCLE-RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 581,585, dated April 2'7, 1897.

Application filed July 6, 1896- Serial No. 598,149. (No model.)

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Be it known that we, GEORGE HIRSOHMAN, Sin, and GEORGE HIRSCHMAN, Jr., of Morristown, in the county of Morris and State of New Jersey, have in vented new and useful Improvements in Bicycle-Racks, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to racks or supports for bicycles; and the object is to provide a rack of simple construction and compara tively inexpensive, and, further, to provide a portable rack adapted to support a number of bicycles.

lVe will describe a rack embodying our invention, and then point out the novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a rack embodying our invention and showing it in one position. Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing it in another position, and Fig. 3 is a section showing the rack asjfolded.

The rack comprises base-racks 1 and 2, each consisting of a number of parallel bars 3, ar ranged at the sides and having a space be tween adjacent bars substantially equal to the width of a bicycle-wheel tire. The several bars forming the base-racks are connected together at the ends, as here shown, by means of rods 41 and 5, extended through transverse holes in the bars and secured by nails or otherwise. Each base-rack has a central bar 6, and connecting-rods 7 extend through these bars 6 and engage with the inner base-bars 3. The inner ends of the several bars 3 have hinge connections with base-blocks 8. These base-blocks S are arranged between adjacent bars 3, and a hinge connection is provided by extending the rods 5 through transverse holes in said base-blocks.

Secured rigidly to the base-blocks 8 are vertical rack-bars 9, the space between said vertical rack-bars being alined with the space between the bars 3. These vertical rack-bars 9 are connected together at the top by a rod 10 and at the bottom by a rod 11. This vertical rack portion also has a central bar 12, the

lower end of which extends between the inner ends of the opposite bars 6. This vertical bar 12 is connected with the bars 9 by means of the

rods

10 and 11 and a rod 13, which extends through said central bar and engages with the inner vertical bars 9, as plainly indicated in the drawings. Brace-rods 14 are connected at one end to the vertical bar 12, and have at their opposite ends hook portions adapted to engage in either one of the eyes 15 01'16 on the central base-bars 6.

By the construct-ion described it will be seen that either one or both of the base-racks may be folded up against the vertical rack and in close engagement therewith, as illustrated in Fig. When it is desired to use only one side of the rack, one of the base-rack portions may be folded up toward the vertical rack, and by engaging the hook end of the bracerods 1 1 with the eye 16 the said base-rack portion will be held at an angle relatively to the vertical portion, so that the rod 4 will prevent the entrance of a wheel between the vertical bars 0. When it is desired to employ both sides of the rack for supporting bicycles, the two base portions may be arranged centrally, as indicated in Fig. 2, and secured by engaging the hook ends of the brace-rods 14 to the eyes 15. The rack, as here shown, is constructed for supporting four bicycles, but it is obvious that it may be made to support a greater or less number.

In operation a wheel of a bicycle at one side of the vertical rack is placed between the bars 2-5 and between the coincident bars 9, and then a bicycle may be placed on the opposite side of the vertical portion and engaged with its wheel between the next bars 9 and the coincident bars 3. The wide space between the wheel-supporting bars provides room for the handle-bars of the several bicycles.

It will be seen that the rod 10, together with the base-block, forms a stop to prevent a wheel from extending too far between the bars 9 and that the rods 4 will prevent the wheel from running backward or out of the rack. As all of the parts of this rack exceptin the brace-rods and eyes may be made of wood, it is obvious that the rack will be quite light, and therefore easily transported or moved from place to place, and, further, its construction of wood will make it comparatively cheap, both as to material and manufacture.

Having thus described our invention, We claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A bicycle-rack, comprising the vertical rack-bars, a base-block rigidly secured to said vertical rack-bars and holding the same in vertical position, said base-block projecting vbut a short distance from the vertical rackbars, whereby it forms a stop by which to limit the inward movement of the wheel, and the base'rack bars pivot-ally secured to said base-blocks and in alinement with said vertical rack-bars, as set forth.

2. A bicycle-support for a number of bicycles, comprising base-blocks, vertical rackbars secured to said base-blocks, transverse rods connecting said vertical rack-bars, one of which forms with said base-blocks forward stops for the wheels, base rack portions formed of bars pivotally connected at one end to said base-blocks at opposite sides of the vertical bars and against which they may be folded, transverse rods connecting the baserack bars near their opposite or outer ends and forming rear stops for the Wheels, and means substantially as described, for holding the base-rack portions at right and acute angles to the vertical rack-bars independently of each other, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. A bicycle-support for a number of bicycles, comprising base-blocks, vertical rackbars secured to said base-blocks, transverse rods securing said vertical bars together, one of such rods serving with said base-blocks as forward stops for the wheels, a central vertical bar supported bysaid rods, base-rack bars pivotally connected to said base-blocks at opposite sides of said Vertical rack-bars and against which they may be folded, transverse rods securing the base-rack bars together at both ends, such rods at the outer ends of said base-rack bars serving as rear stops for the wheels, central base-bars supported by said rods on opposite sides of said central vertical bar, brace-hooks connected to said central vertical bar, and eyes on each of said central base-bars and arranged to receive said hooks whereby the base-racks may be held at right and acute angles to the vertical racks, as and for the purpose set forth.

GEORGE HIRSOHMAN, SR. GEORGE HIRSCHMAN, JR.

WVitnesses:

JAMES W. KAY, WILLIAM L. EASTON.