Front wheel mounting for bicycles

Claim 1

A front wheel mounting for a bicycle having a front wheel fork including transversely spaced apart, downwardly extending legs between the lower ends of which the front wheel is normally mounted for rotation on a horizontal transverse axis, said wheel mounting comprising: a. a pair of arms, b. means for connecting the rearward ends of said arms respectively to the lower ends of said fork legs for vertical pivotal movement, said arms extending forwardly, c. means for mounting a front wheel between the forwardly extending end portions of said arms for rotation on a horizontal transverse axis, and d. support means extending between and interconnecting each of said fork legs and its associated arm to resist vertical pivotal movement of said arm, said support means comprising a pair of elongated support struts eaCh comprising a leaf spring longitudinally resiliently yieldable to reduce the effective length thereof, means for attaching one end of each strut to one leg of said fork for pivotal movement on a horizontal transverse axis in spaced relation above the connection of the associated arm thereto, and means attaching the opposite end of each of said struts to its associated arm for pivotal movement on a horizontal transverse axis, in forwardly spaced relation from the connection of said arm to said fork leg.