Bicycle sign - seat brace means

Claim 2

Sign-seat brace means adapted for use with a bicycle having a seat and having bicycle frame structure arranged left and right respectively on opposite sides of the bicycle rear wheel, said combination sign and seat brace means comprising upstanding frame means defined substantially by brace structure, stay structure and mast structure unitarily arranged respectively at the lower, upper and intermediate sections of said frame means, said stay structure being configured generally thin, planar and arranged vertically, said mast structure being generally of upward extension and rigidly interconnecting said brace structure and said stay structure, said brace structure including left and right vertically parallel brace elements corresponding in the direction of horizontal separation with the horizontal direction of extension of said stay structure, first attaching means adapted for rElatively stationarily attaching the lower end portions respectively of said left and right brace elements to the bicycle frame structure arranged on opposite sides of the bicycle rear wheel, second attaching means adapted for relatively stationarily securing the upper portions respectively of said left and right brace elements to the left and right side portions of said bicycle seat, flexible sheeting sign-bearing means including a front and a back sign sheet respectively planar arranged over and covering substantially a major portion of the full area enclosed by the peripheral edge boundary of said stay structure, and means firmly positioning said front and back sign sheets respectively over the front and back sides of said stay structure, the oppositely facing outside surfaces respectively of said front and back sign sheets defining respectively front and back oppositely facing faces facing respectively forwardly and rearwardly when said sign-seat brace means is supported on a bicycle; said frame means including first and second tubular frame members configured substantially alike but oppositely arranged, said first frame member including a straight portion extending upwardly and intersecting an oblique portion extending upwardly and toward the right and such portion which intersects an arced portion opening leftward, said second frame member including a straight portion extending upwardly and intersecting an oblique portion extending upwardly and toward the left and which intersects an arced portion opening rightward, and includes horizontal bolt means extending through said oblique portions respectively of said first and second frame members and threadingly clamping the first and second frame members together, said first and second frame members being arranged correspondingly with the oblique portions thereof being Xarranged and with the straight and arced portions respectively of said first and second frame members being arranged respectively symmetrically on the left and right and right and left sides of a vertical plane substantially coinciding with said bolt means, and further with the upper terminal portions respectively of said first and second frame members including joint means for matingly endwise fitting the terminal upper end portions of said first and second frame members together.

Claim 3

Sign-seat brace means adapted for use with a bicycle having a seat and having bicycle frame structure arranged left and right respectively on opposite sides of the bicycle rear wheel, said combination sign and seat brace means comprising upstanding frame means defined substantially by brace structure, stay structure and mast structure unitarily arranged respectively at the lower, upper and intermediate sections of said frame means, said stay structure being configured generally thin, planar and arranged vertically, said mast structure being generally of upward extension and rigidly interconnecting said brace structure and said stay structure, said brace structure including left and right vertically parallel brace elements corresponding in the direction of horizontal separation with the horizontal direction of extension of said stay structure, first attaching means adapted for relatively stationarily attaching the lower end portions respectively of said left and right brace elements to the bicycle frame structure arranged on opposite sides of the bicycle rear wheel, second attaching means adapted for relatively stationarily securing the upper portions respectively of said left and right brace elements to the left and right side portions of said bicycle seat, flexible sheeting sign-bearing means including a front and a back sign sheet respectively planar arranged over and covering substantially a major portion of the full area enclosed by the peripheral edge boundary of said stay structure, and means firmly positioning said front and back sign sheets respectively over the front and back sides of said stay structure, the oppositely facing outside surfaces respectively of said front and back sign sheets defining respectively front and back oppositely facing faces facing respectively forwardly and rearwardly when said sign-seat brace means is supported on a bicycle; said frame means including first and second tubular frame members configured substantially alike but oppositely arranged, said first frame member including a straight portion extending upwardly and intersecting an oblique portion extending upwardly and toward the right and such portion which intersects an arced portion opening leftward, said second frame member including a straight portion extending upwardly and intersecting an oblique portion extending upwardly and toward the left and which intersects an arced portion opening rightward, and includes horizontal bolt means extending through said oblique portions respectively of said first and second frame members and threadingly clamping the first and second frame members together, said first and second frame members being arranged correspondingly with the oblique portions thereof being X-arranged and with the straight and arced portions respectively of said first and second frame members being arranged respectively symmetrically on the left and right and right and left sides of a vertical plane substantially coinciding with said bolt means, and further with the upper terminal portions respectively of said first and second frame members including joint means for matingly endwise fitting the terminal upper end portions of said first and second frame members together; said joint means for matingly endwise fitting the upper terminal end portion of said first and second frame members together including respectively relatively small and large diametered inner and outer sleeve portions defining substantially mating joint halves adapted to be telescopically fitted together.

Claim 4

Sign-seat brace means adapted for use with a bicycle having a seat and having bicycle frame structure arranged left and right respectively on opposite sides of the bicycle rear wheel, said combination sign and seat brace means comprising upstanding frame means defined substantially by brace structure, stay structure and mast structure unitarily arranged respectively at the lower, upper and intermediate sections of said frame means, said stay structure being configured generally thin, planar and arranged vertically, said mast structure being generally of upward extension and rigidly interconnecting said brace structure and said stay structure, said brace structure including left and right vertically parallel brace elements corresponding in the direction of horizontal separation with the horizontal direction of extension of said stay structure, first attaching means adapted for relatively stationarily attaching the lower end portions respectively of said left and right brace elements to the bicycle frame structure arranged on opposite sides of the bicycle rear wheel, second attaching means adapted for relatively stationarily securing the upper portions respectively of said left and right brace elements to the left and right side portions of said bicycle seat, flexible sheeting sign-bearing means including a front and a back sign sheet respectively planar arranged over and covering substantially a major portion of the full area enclosed by the peripheral edge boundary of said stay structure, and means firmly positioning said front and back sign sheets respectively over the front and back sides of said stay structure, the oppositely facing outside surfaces respectively of said front and back sign sheets defining respectively front and back oppositely facing faces facing respectively forwardly and rearwardly when said sign-seat brace means is supported on a bicycle; said frame means including first and second tubular frame members configured substantially alike but oppositely arranged, said first frame member including a straight portion extending upwardly and intersecting an oblique portion extending upwardly and toward the right and such portion which intersects an arced portion opening leftward, said second frame member including a straight portion extending upwardly and intersecting an oblique portion extending upwardly and toward the left and which intersects an arced portion opening rightward, and includes horizontal bolt means extending through said oblique portions respectively of said first and second frame members and threadingly clamping the first and second frame members together, said first and second frame members being arranged correspondingly with the oblique portions thereof being X-arranged and with the straight and arced portions respectively of said first and second frame members being arranged respectively symmetrically on the left and right and right and left sides of a vertical plane substantially coinciding with said bolt means, and further with the upper terminal portions respectively of said first and second frame members including joint means for matingly endwise fitting the terminal upper end portions of said first and second frame members together; said joint means for matingly endwise fitting the upper terminal end portion of said first and second frame members together including respectively relatively small and large diametered inner and outer sleeve portions defining substantially mating joint halves adapted to be telescopically fitted together.