US 5,845,830 A · Bicycle attachable seat assembly for carrying objects

Abstract

A bicycle attachable seat assembly includes a seat having a back portion, a bottom portion and a pair of opposite side portions for receiving an object therein. A pair of spaced apart vertical slits are formed in the back portion of the seat. An elongated strap passes through the vertical slits and extends behind a rear side of the back portion of the seat and has opposite first and second ends disposed in front of a front side of the back portion of the seat. The opposite ends of the strap are used to wrap around an object and thereby retain the object in the seat. An object gripping member is disposed through a centrally spaced vertical slot formed in the back portion of the seat and includes a substantially C-shaped member when viewed from a top thereof disposed over the bottom portion of the seat for making gripping contact with the object. An elongated support arm having a pair of opposite first and second end portions is attached to the seat at the first end portion thereof and connects to a clamp at the second end portion thereof. The clamp is for securing the assembly to a bicycle component such as a seat post or the back of a seat. A pair of fasteners move the clamp between a first condition in which the clamp is attached to the bicycle component and a second condition in which the clamp is released from the bicycle component.

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Dependent claims

A bicycle attachable seat assembly for carrying an object, said assembly comprising:

(a) a seat having a back portion, a bottom portion and a pair of opposite side portions, said seat being for receiving an object therein;
(b) means for restraining the object in said seat;
(c) means formed in said back portion of said seat for attaching said restraining means thereto;
(d) an elongated support arm having a pair of opposite first and second end portions and being attached to said seat at said first end portion thereof;
(e) securing means attached to said second end portion of said support arm;
and
(f) fastening means coupled to said securing means and being operable to move said securing means between a first condition in which said securing means is attached to a component of a bicycle and a second condition in which said securing means is released from the component of the bicycle;
(g) wherein said securing means is a clamp movable between said first and second conditions and having a clamping portion and a fastening portion forming a substantially T-shaped configuration when viewed from a top thereof, said clamping portion extending in substantially perpendicular relation to said fastening portion, said clamping portion and said fastening portion each having a substantially rectangular shape in cross-section;
(h) wherein said support arm is substantially rectangular in shape in transverse cross-section and further has a too wall and a pair of spaced apart opposite side walls defining a central fore-and-aft extending canal for receiving an end of a T-shaped fastening portion of said securing means therethrough.

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A bicycle attachable seat assembly for carrying an object, said assembly comprising:

(a) a seat having a back portion, a bottom portion and a pair of opposite side portions, said seat being for receiving an object therein;
(b) means for restraining the object in said seat;
(c) means formed in said back portion of said seat for attaching said restraining means thereto;
(d) an elongated support arm having a pair of opposite first and second end portions and being attached to said seat at said first end portion thereof;
(e) securing means attached to said second end portion of said support arm;
and
(f) fastening means coupled to said securing means and being operable to move said securing means between a first condition in which said securing means is attached to a component of a bicycle and a second condition in which said securing means is released from the component of the bicycle;
(g) wherein said securing means is a clamp movable between said first and second conditions and having a clamping portion and a fastening portion forming a substantially T-shaped configuration when viewed from a top thereof, said clamping portion extending in substantially perpendicular relation to said fastening portion, said clamping portion and said fastening portion each having a substantially rectangular shape in cross-section;
(h) wherein said clamping portion of said clamp of said securing means defines an elongated slot defined in a single block portion, said slot extending a longitudinal length along a center of said single block portion and for receiving therein a narrow edge of a bicycle component;
(i) wherein said fastening means is a pair of thumb screw fasteners, each said thumb screw fastener being disposed adjacent each end of said longitudinal length of said block portion of said clamping portion and in substantially perpendicular relation thereto such that screwing in said thumb screw fasteners causes them to make contact with one side of the narrow edge of the bicycle component inserted within said slot so as to secure said assembly to the narrow edge of the bicycle component and screwing out said fasteners causes them to release from contact with the one side of the narrow edge of the bicycle component so as to permit removal of the narrow edge from said slot and thereby remove said assembly therefrom.

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A bicycle attachable seat assembly for carrying an object, said assembly comprising:

(a) a seat having a back portion, a bottom portion and a pair of opposite side portions, said seat being for receiving an object therein;
(b) means for restraining the object in said seat;
(c) means forming a vertical slot centrally spaced in said back portion of said seat for attaching said restraining means to said back portion of said seat;
(d) an elongated support arm having a pair of opposite first and second end portions and being attached to said seat at said first end portion thereof;
(e) securing means attached to said second end portion of said support arm;
and
(f) fastening means coupled to said securing means and being operable to move said securing means between a first condition in which said securing means is attached to a component of a bicycle and a second condition in which said securing means is released from the component of the bicycle;
(g) wherein said restraining means is an object gripping member disposed through said back portion of said seat, said object gripping member including
(i) a substantially C-shaped member when viewed from a top thereof disposed over said bottom portion of said seat and having a pair of opposite interior and exterior sides, said interior side being for making gripping contact with the object, and
(ii) a pair of spaced apart elongated tabs extending in substantially parallel relation to one another from said exterior side at a center of said C-shaped member and having a pair of knobs, each said knob being disposed on a side of one of said tabs facing a direction opposite from the other said tab, said tabs being pliable toward one another for insertion through said vertical slot formed in said back portion of said seat and away from one another for permitting said knobs to make contact with a rear side of said back portion and thereby for retaining said object gripping member in place and preventing said tabs from passing back through said vertical slot formed in said back portion of said seat.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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