Saddle for a bicycle, bicycle, manufacturing method and mounting method
AssigneeD&R Holding GmbH
InventorRobert Krauss
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Abstract
The invention relates to a saddle for a bicycle, comprising a seat portion having a seat surface configured to at least partially support a region of a body of a user during operation of the bicycle. The saddle further comprises at least one mounting portion comprising at least two mounting members which are spaced apart from each other, each mounting member being configured to be brought into an engaging connection with a region of a seat post of the bicycle in order to mount the saddle to the bicycle. The seat portion and the mounting portion are integrally formed and the mounting portion is integrally formed on a mounting surface of the seat portion which is opposite from the seat surface. The invention further relates to a bicycle, a manufacturing method and a mounting method.
Claims18
A saddle for a bicycle, comprising:
- a seat portion having a seat surface configured to at least partially support a region of a body of a user during operation of the bicycle;
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- at least one mounting portion comprising at least two mounting members which are spaced apart from each other, each mounting member being configured to be brought into an engaging connection with a region of a seat post of the bicycle in order to mount the saddle to the bicycle;
- wherein the seat portion and the mounting portion are integrally formed and wherein the mounting portion is integrally formed on a mounting surface of the seat portion which is opposite from the seat surface;
- wherein the mounting members each comprise at least one rail formed integrally with the respective mounting member and configured to be at least partially received by a counter member of the seat post of the bicycle in order to mount the saddle to the seat post of the bicycle;
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- wherein the rail is configured as an enlarged portion of the respective mounting member, relative to an adjacent portion of the mounting member, at one end of the respective mounting member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.