Samuel Dorsett
Samuel Dorsett (c1854-1920) of the Diamond Engineering Co, Orbit Motors, the D. H. and S. Diamond Cycle Co and the Omega Motor Cycle Co
1880 Patent granted to Samuel Dorsett and Jacob Slaughter for improvements in tricycles [1]
1911 Living at 158 Dudley Road, Wolverhampton: Samuel Dorsett (age 57 born Wolverhampton), Manufacturer of Cycles - Employer. With his wife Mary Ann Dorsett (age 56 born Wolverhampton) and their three children; Samuel John Dorsett (age 24 born Wolverhampton), Fitter Electrical; Sidney Dorsett (age 19 born Wolverhampton), Fitter Motor; and Beatrice Dorsett (age 14 born Wolverhampton).[2]
1915 Patent 24,485. 'Improvements relating to Internal Combustion Engines for Cycles." Samuel Dorsett and George Brunton, both of Wolverhampton. In internal combustion engines for cycles, the construction of a self-contained power unit comprising engine, carburettor, magneto and transmission gear, so that the whole can be mounted beneath the usual bottom bracket and between the cranks of ordinary pedal bicycle, the complete power unit being slung from the bottom tube and chain stays of the cycle frame.'[3]