Multiple speed bicycle hub with selfcontained speed change mechanism

Claim 1

A MULTIPLE SPEED HUB FOR A BICYCLE AND THE LIKE, COMPRISING IN COMBINATION: (A) A SHAFT HAVING AN AXIS; (B) A GEAR TRAIN MOUNTED ON SAID SHAFT AND INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF GEAR MEANS IN MUTUAL ENGAGEMENT FOR ROTATION AT DIFFERENT RESPECTIVE SPEEDS; (C) A DRIVER MEMBER ADAPTED TO ROTATE ON SAID SHAFT ABOUT SAID AXIS IN A FORWARD DIRECTION AND A BACKWARD DIRECTION; (D) A COUPLING MEMBER IN ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID DRIVER MEMBER AND MOVABLE BETWEEN A PLURALITY OF POSITIONS IN WHICH SAID COUPLING MEMBER ENGAGES RESPECTIVE ONES OF SAID GEAR MEANS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTARY MOVEMENT OF SAID DRIVER MEMBER TO SAID GEAR TRAIN; (E) SPEED CONTROL MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID DRIVER MEMBER AND TO SAID COUPLING MEMBER FOR MOVING SAID COUPLING MEMBER BETWEEN SAID POSITIONS THEREOF RESPONSIVE TO BACKWARD ROTATION OF SAID DRIVER MEMBER THROUGH A FIRST ARC; (F) HUB SHELL MEANS SUPPORTED ON SAID SHAFT FOR ROTATION ABOUT SAID AXIS; (G) MOTION TRANSMITTING MEANS INTERPOSED BETWEEN ONE OF SAID GEAR MEANS AND SAID HUB SHELL MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID HUB SHELL MEANS WHEN SAID DRIVER MEMBER ROTATES IN SAID FORWARD DIRECTION; (H) BRAKE MEANS FIXED ON SAID SHAFT AND ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID SHELL MEANS; AND (I) BRAKE ACTUATING MEANS RESPONSIVE TO BACKWARD ROTATION OF SAID DRIVER MEMBER THROUGH A SECOND ARC FOR ENGAGING SAID BRAKE MEANS WITH SAID HUB SHELL MEANS AND FOR THEREBY ARRESTING RELATIVE MOVEMENT OF SAID SHAFT AND OF SAID HUB SHELL MEANS, SAID SECOND ARC BEING GREATER THAN SAID FIRST ARC, AND SMALLER THAN TWICE SAID FIRST ARC.