USD26983S - Design for a rear bracket for bicycles - Google Patents

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AU 2901 EX 2E 0R D 25,983

DESIGN. J.S.GOPELAND. REAR BRACKET FOR BIOYOLES. No. 26,983. Patented Apr. 27, 1897.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES S. COPELAND, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE POPE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

DESIGN FOR A REAR BRACKET FOR BICYCLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Design No. 26,98 3, dated April 27, 1897.

Application filed March 11, 1897. Serial No. 627,063. Term of patent 14 years.

To all whom, it 1mm; concern:

Be it known that I, J AMES S. COPELAND, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of ,llartford, in the county of Hartford and State 5 of Connecticut, have inven tedanew and original Design for a Bear Bracket for Bicycles; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,v and said drawings c0nstitnte part of this specification.

In said drawings, Figure l is a plan view of the bracket. Fig. 2 is a View in rear elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a view in side elevation of the bracket. Fig. 4 is a view in front elevation, and Fig. 5 is a perspective View of the bracket.

My invention relates to a design for a bracket which forms part of the frame at the rear of the bicycle and adjacent to the rear (1 riving-whecl axle and is of a form which is used as part of or connected to the frame of a gear-driven bicycle.

The said invention consists in the configuration of the structure, as hereinafter described, and shown in the accompanying drawings.

The body part a or main portion of the bracket is cylindrical in general outline when viewed from the rear in the line of the axis of the bracket, and at this end presents substantially a fiat circular surface. A lateral extension I) from the side of the body a is circularin generaloutline, but of limited extent as compared with the breadth of the bracket.

At its front end the body part is reduced in diameter, the extended front portion being considerably smaller in diameter than the main body portion.

The essential feature of my invention is the cylindrical body part, with the flattened back portion, the circular lateral extension, and the reduced front-end.

I claim- The design for a rear bracket for a bicycleframe, substantially as shown.

In witness whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES S. COPELAND.

Witnesses FELTON PARKER, F. K. CASW'ELL.

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