Adjustable bicycle seat assembly with a sliding seat mount

An adjustable seat post construction for a cycling device comprising:

• a movable seat assembly including a seat for a rider of the cycling device;
• and
• a mounting means for supporting said seat on the cycling device and for providing movement of said seat along a path defined by said mounting means between a first, normal position and at least a further position located upwardly and rearwardly of said first position, said seat assembly including a base member affixed to the seat and said mounting means including a body member having an elongate slot therein in which said base member of the seat assembly is received, said slot, in use of the seat post construction on the cycling device, being oriented so as to enable said seat to slide with a substantial horizontal component of sliding movement along said body member between said first position and said at least one further position,
• said construction further comprising releasable means, releasable by the rider, without manual intervention and without dismounting, when the rider is riding the cycling device to which the seat post construction is, in use, secured, for releasably fixing said seat in each of said first position and said at least one further position.

A cycling device including an adjustable seat construction, said seat construction comprising:

• a movable seat assembly including a seat for a rider of the cycling device;
• and
• a mounting means for supporting said seat on the cycling device and for providing movement of said seat along a path defined by said mounting means between a first, normal position and at least a further position located upwardly and rearwardly of said first position, said seat assembly including a base member affixed to the seat and said mounting means including a body member having an elongate slot therein in which said base member of the seat assembly is received, said slot being oriented with respect to the cycling device so as to enable said seat to slide with a sliding movement having a substantial horizontal component along said body member between said first seat position and said at least one further seat position,
• said cycling device further comprising releasable means, releasable by the rider, without manual intervention and without dismounting, while riding on the cycling device, for releasably fixing said seat in each of said seat positions.

An adjustable seat post construction for a cycling device comprising:

• a movable seat assembly including a seat for a rider of the cycling device;
• and
• a mounting means for supporting said seat on the cycling device and for providing movement of said seat along a path defined by said mounting means between a first, normal position and at least a further position located upwardly and rearwardly of said first position, said seat assembly including a base member affixed to the seat and said mounting means including a body member having an elongate slot therein in which said base member of the seat assembly is received, said slot, in use of the seat post construction on the cycling device, being oriented so as to enable said seat to slide with a substantial horizontal component of sliding movement along said body member between said first position and said at least one further position,
• said base member including a central anchoring post and clamping means mounted on said anchoring post for clamping said base member to the seat.

A cycling device having a front end toward which a rider of the cycling device faces and including an adjustable seat assembly, said seat assembly comprising:

• a seat for the rider of the cycling device;
• a seat mounting post;
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• adjustable mounting means for mounting said seat on said seat mounting post of said cycling device and for providing movement in a direction along a path forming an acute angle with a horizontal axis of said seat between a first, normal riding position on said cycling device wherein said seat is substantially directly above the seat mounting post and at least part of said seat is disposed rearwardly of the seat mounting post and a second position on the cycling device spaced from and located upwardly and rearwardly of said first position in said direction wherein the lumbar spine of rider rider sitting on said seat passively assumes a protective curvature,
• said mounting means further comprising clam-shell mounting means for adjusting the angle of the seat relative to the seat mounting post.