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US 10,450,020 B2Granted
Bicycle seat assembly
AssigneeIno Vision Ltd.
InventorMichael Shankman
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Abstract
A bicycle seat assembly includes a mounting platform that includes one or more bicycle seat post attachment members and a receiving member for receiving thereon or therein a portion of a bicycle seat. The mounting platform includes a quick release locking mechanism, which includes a lever attached to a bolt, which is assembled to a locking lug arranged to move and lock against a locking surface formed in the portion of the bicycle seat.
Claims10
A bicycle comprising:
- a bicycle seat and a bicycle seat post;
- a mounting platform comprising, on a lower portion thereof, one or more bicycle seat post attachment members attached to said bicycle seat post with a first clamping means;
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- wherein said bicycle seat is affixed to said mounting platform with a second clamping means which is independent and separate from said first clamping means, said second clamping means comprising a quick release locking mechanism, including and operated by, a quick release fastener which comprises a lever that has a cam that pivots about a pivot, wherein said lever is attached to a bolt, which is assembled to a locking lug arranged to move and lock against a locking surface formed in said bicycle seat;
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- wherein said mounting platform comprises a receiving member for receiving thereon a portion of said bicycle seat, said receiving member defining at least one upwardly concave surface formed on an upper portion of said mounting platform, said at least one upwardly concave surface extending from a rear portion of said mounting platform to a front portion of said mounting platform, said rear portion extending above said portion of said bicycle seat and said front portion being lower than said rear portion and not extending above said portion of said bicycle seat.
3 more elements
A bicycle accessory for a bicycle that includes a bicycle seat and a bicycle seat post, said bicycle accessory comprising:
- a mounting platform comprising, on a lower portion thereof, one or more bicycle seat post attachment members attachable to said bicycle seat post with a first clamping means;
- a second clamping means which is independent and separate from said first clamping means, said second clamping means comprising a quick release locking mechanism, including and operated by, a quick release fastener which comprises a lever that has a cam that pivots about a pivot, wherein said lever is attached to a bolt, which is assembled to a locking lug arranged to move and lock against a locking surface formed in said bicycle seat;
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- wherein said mounting platform comprises a receiving member for receiving thereon a portion of said bicycle seat, said receiving member defining at least one upwardly concave surface formed on an upper portion of said mounting platform, said at least one upwardly concave surface extending from a rear portion of said mounting platform to a front portion of said mounting platform, said rear portion extending above said portion of said bicycle seat and said front portion being lower than said rear portion and not extending above said portion of said bicycle seat.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.