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US 6,578,834 B1Granted
Stabilizing plate for use with spring-mounted seats or saddles
OwnerWilliam Smith Buellinventor
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Abstract
The invention is a hinged stabilizing plate for use with spring-mounted seats or saddles on vehicles including bicycles, motorcycles, quadrunners, and other similar types. The device allows full travel by the springs in a vertical motion while not allowing any sideward drift or fore-and-aft travel from its base, the seat support, or the frame. This device ensures stable vertical travel on seats that are mounted on three or four springs only.
Claims1
A hinged stabilizing plate for a vehicle, comprising:
- a plate hinged in the middle attached to a seat of the vehicle on one end and a seat support or frame of the vehicle on an opposite end, the seat having a spring fore and two springs aft;
- the plate allowing for maximum vertical travel of the seat with the springs mounted front and rear keeping the seat in vertical alignment;
- the plate keeping the seat in a near-horizontal plane thereby allowing the supporting frame to have up-and-down motion without causing the rider sitting on the seat to slide from side to side.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.