USD28477S - Design for a frame for bicycles - Google Patents

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DlZ-lll- OR D 289477 EX DESIGN.

J. S. COPELAND. FRAME FOR BIGYCLES.

No. 28,477. Patented Apr. 12", 1898.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES S. COPELAND, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

DESIGN FOR A FRAME FOR BICYCLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Design No. 28,477, dated April 12, 1898.

Application filed December 12,1896. Serial No. 616,529. Term of patent 14 years.

To all whom it may c0nccrn:

Be it known that 1, JAMES S. COPELAND, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and original Design fora Frame forBicycles; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in

Figure 1, a side View, on enlarged scale, of the frame of a bicycle, showing my design; in Fig. 2, a side View showing the characteristic features of the design, and in Fig. 3 a top View of the part shown in Fig. 2.

My invention relates to a design for a bicycle-frame; and it consists in the configuration of the structure, as hereinafter described, and shown in the accompanying drawings.

The frame is of the diamond type in general outline, with the socket-head a, upper center tube 1), lower center tube 0, upper rear fork cl, and lower rear fork e. The crankbracket f is cylindrical in outline, having an enlarged end g, with a tapered portion g merging into the lower rear fork 6.

At the rear end of the lower rear fork e a curved projection It extends from a point near the rear end of the fork to a point at the lower end of an extension (1, which forms an angle with the upper rear fork (l on the side of the frame, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

The downcurved bracket or projection h from the lower rear fork e forms a space between the end of said fork and the line of the upper rear fork, in which appears a bulbous projection resembling a greatly flattened sphere. As seen in side View, the curved outline of a projecting portion 2' appears just in the rear of the angle near the bottom of the rear fork d.

The characteristic feature of my design consists in the frame with the downcurved projection extending from a point at or near the end of the rear fork.

I claim- The design for a bicycle-frame substantially as shown.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribwitnesses.

JAMES S. COPELAND. Vitnesses:

FELTON PARKER, F. K. CAsWELL.

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