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.
Claims21
-23. (canceled)
A bicycle saddle comprising:
- a cushion comprising a monolithic component that comprises an elastomeric material formed into structures that define a plurality of regions, wherein properties of the structures are different in different regions of the plurality of regions such that each region of the plurality of regions has different stiffness characteristics than at least one other region of the plurality of regions,
- wherein the plurality of regions comprises at least a first region and a second region, the first region comprising a first stiffness and the second region comprising a second stiffness,
- wherein the second stiffness is lower than the first stiffness,
- wherein the plurality of regions are configured such that, when considered as projections onto a lateral plane:
- at least a portion of the second region is positioned at a widest part of the bicycle saddle;
- and
- the first region at least partially surrounds the second region, with at least a portion of the first region positioned laterally inward of the second region and at least a portion of the first region positioned laterally outward of the second region;
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- a base structure that supports the cushion and is configured to be attached to a bicycle frame.
A bicycle saddle comprising:
- a cushion comprising a monolithic component that comprises an elastomeric material formed into structures that define a plurality of regions, wherein properties of the structures are different in different regions of the plurality of regions such that each region of the plurality of regions has different stiffness characteristics than at least one other region of the plurality of regions,
- wherein the plurality of regions comprises at least a first region and a second region, the first region comprising a first stiffness and the second region comprising a second stiffness,
- wherein the second stiffness is no greater than 75% of the first stiffness,
- wherein the plurality of regions are configured such that, when considered as projections onto a lateral plane:
- the first region at least partially surrounds the second region, and
- a perimeter of the second region defines a surface area that is at least 750 mm2 and that is less than a surface area defined by a perimeter of the first region;
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- a base structure that supports the cushion and is configured to be attached to a bicycle frame.
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