Bicycle seat
AssigneeJacobs Corporation
InventorDavid L. Jacobs
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Abstract
A compartmented bicycle seat padding adapted to be secured to a bicycle seat having depressions formed therein and wherein said padding is enclosed by an outer leather-like exterior and the compartments of said padding receives a formable, stable, dilatant or thixotropic padding material of said padding such as polybutadiene.
Claims1
An elongated bicycle seat for providing proper accommodation for a user, said seat having a narrow leading end portion, a wider trailing end portion, and a plurality of depressions to include a first depression on said narrow leading end portion located on the central longitudinal axis of said seat, second and third depressions on said trailing portion and on opposite sides of said axis,
- an elongated pad unit having the general shape of said seat,
- means dividing said pad unit into a first compartment extending along the longitudinal axis of said pad unit and second and third compartments disposed on either side of said longitudinal axis,
- a padding in each of said compartments, the padding in said second and third compartments being of a high viscosity substance having a yield point of at least 4 grams per square centimeter and a viscosity between about 100,000 and about 40,000 poises at 0.degree. F and 80.degree. F, and
- said padding in said first compartment being of a foam rubber material having a substantially lower viscosity than the substance in said second and third compartments.
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