US 5,308,140 AGranted

Shock-absorbing device for a bicycle seat

OwnerStella Yuinventor

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Abstract

A shock-absorbing device includes a saddle support which is to be mounted to a bottom side of a saddle of a bicycle seat. The saddle support is made of metal and has a substantially U-shaped horizontal portion with left and right arms. Each of the left and right arms has a distal upwardly curving end. The saddle support further has a pair of extensions which extend respectively from the upwardly curving end of the left and right arms. The extensions are disposed above and are parallel to a respective one of the left and right arms. Each of the extensions has a distal outwardly bent hook end. The shock-absorbing device further includes an adjustment unit with a pair of cylindrical portions, which are clamped tightly between a respective one of the left and right arms and a respective one of the extensions, and a retaining unit which extends across the left and right arms so as to retain the adjustment unit on the saddle support.

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Dependent claims

A shock-absorbing device for a bicycle seat with a saddle, said shock-absorbing device including a saddle support to be mounted to a bottom side of the saddle, wherein the improvement comprises:

said saddle support being made of metal and having a substantially U-shaped horizontal portion with left and right arms, each of said left and right arms having a distal upwardly curving end, said saddle support further having a pair of extensions which extend respectively from said upwardly curving end of said left and right arms, said extensions being disposed above and being parallel to a respective one of said left and right arms, each of said extensions having a distal outwardly bent hook end;
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said shock-absorbing device further including an adjustment unit with a pair of cylindrical portions, which are clamped tightly between a respective one of said left and right arms and a respective one of said extensions, and a retaining unit which extends across said left and right arms so as to retain said adjustment unit on said saddle support.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.