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US 7,441,836 B2Granted
Bicycle saddle and means for mounting the saddle on a bicycle seat post
OwnerJia-Pin Chen, Kuo-Chin Chaoinventors
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Abstract
A bicycle saddle and means for mounting the saddle body on a bicycle seat post. The bicycle saddle comprises a saddle body including a wide rear portion, a narrow front portion, a middle portion and a hollowed mounting portion extending downwardly from the underneath side of the saddle body. The mounting means includes upper and under devices to cooperate with the saddle body in such a way that a part of the mounting portion of the saddle body can be sandwiched between the upper and under devices to mount the saddle body on a bicycle seat post.
Claims16
A bicycle saddle comprising:
- a saddle body including a wide rear portion, a narrow front portion, a middle portion positioned between said wide rear portion and said narrow front portion;
- said saddle body further including a hollowed mounting portion extending downwardly from the underneath side of said saddle body;
- said mounting portion having a U-shaped depression including two side walls separated by a predetermined distance, a front wall, a rear wall with a rear opening, and a bottom wall with a center cut, said front wall near said narrow portion of said saddle body, said rear wall near said wide rear portion of said saddle body;
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- each of said side walls having a front side near said narrow portion of said saddle body and a rear side near said wide rear portion of said saddle body, the length of said rear side being longer than that of said front side, and
- wherein said rear side of each of said side walls has a cove to absorb the vibration as riding.
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A bicycle saddle comprising:
- a saddle body including a wide rear portion, a narrow front portion, a middle portion positioned between said wide rear portion and said narrow front portion;
- said saddle body further including a hollowed mounting portion extending downwardly from the underneath side of said saddle body;
- said mounting portion having a U-shaped depression including two side walls separated by a predetermined distance, a front wall, a rear wall with a rear opening, and a bottom wall with a center cut, said front wall near said narrow portion of said saddle body, said rear wall near said wide rear portion of said saddle body;
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- each of said side walls having a front side near said narrow portion of said saddle body and a rear side near said wide rear portion of said saddle body, the length of said rear side being longer than that of said front side,
- wherein said center cut of said bottom wall has an open side, and said rear opening of said rear wall extends downwardly to connect with said open side of said center cut of said bottom wall.
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A bicycle saddle assembly comprising:
- a saddle body including a wide rear portion, a narrow front portion, a middle portion positioned between said wide rear portion and said narrow front portion;
- said saddle body further including a hollowed mounting portion extending downwardly from the underneath side of said saddle body;
- said mounting portion having a U-shaped depression including two side walls separated by a predetermined distance, a front wall, a rear wall with a rear opening, and a bottom wall with a center cut, said front wall near said narrow portion of said saddle body, said rear wall near said wide rear portion of said saddle body, said center cut of said bottom wall having an open side, and said rear opening in said rear wall extending downwardly to connect with said open side of said center cut of said bottom wall;
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- means for cooperating with said mounting portion of said saddle body to mount said saddle body on a bicycle seat post, said means having an upper device and an under device, said upper device being placed against an upper surface of said bottom wall of said mounting portion, said under device being placed against a lower surface of the bottom wall, whereby said bottom wall of said mounting portion is sandwiched by said upper device and said under device to mount said saddle body on a seat post.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.