Bicycle saddle
AssigneeSpecialized Bicycle Components, Inc.
InventorsPhilip Alan Primeaux, Garrett Yale Davis Getter, Christopher Yu
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Abstract
A bicycle saddle includes: a base structure having a top portion; and a cushion coupled to the top portion of the base structure, the cushion including a first lateral side and a second lateral side separated by a longitudinal plane, wherein each of the first lateral side and the second lateral side includes: a first region having a first stiffness; a second region having a second stiffness that is less than the first stiffness; and a third region having a third stiffness that is less than the second stiffness, wherein a perimeter of the second region is at least 75% enclosed within the first region, and wherein a perimeter of the third region is at least 75% enclosed within the second region.
Claims9
A bicycle saddle comprising:
- a base structure comprising a top portion;
- and
- a cushion coupled to the top portion of the base structure, the cushion comprising a nose portion, a rear portion, and a longitudinal plane positioned at a lateral midpoint of a widest point of the cushion, the longitudinal plane extending from a rear of the rear portion to a front of the nose portion,
- wherein the cushion further comprises a first lateral side and a second lateral side separated by the longitudinal plane, wherein each of the first lateral side and the second lateral side comprises:
- a first region comprising deformable three-dimensional lattice structures that define a first stiffness;
- and
- a second region comprising deformable three-dimensional lattice structures that define a second stiffness, wherein the second stiffness is no greater than 75% of the first stiffness,
- wherein the first region and the second region of each of the first lateral side and the second lateral side are configured such that, when considered as projections onto a lateral plane:
- a perimeter of the first region defines a first surface area, and
- a perimeter of the second region defines a second surface area that is less than the first surface area and that is at least 1,000 mm2,
- wherein the lateral plane is perpendicular to the longitudinal plane, and the lateral plane is oriented such that one of:
- the lateral plane is coincident with a highest point of the nose portion of the cushion and a highest point of the rear portion of the cushion, or
- the lateral plane is parallel to two rail axes, each of the two rail axes being defined by a mounting portion of a rail that supports the top portion of the base structure.
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