Adjustable jockey seat assembly

A jockey seat assembly adapted to be used on a motorized vehicle, the jockey seat assembly comprising:

• a saddle seat having a substantially inverted U-shaped configuration;
• a height adjusting mechanism for the seat having an upper frame mounted beneath the saddle seat, a lower frame adapted to be secured to a bottom surface of the vehicle, a collapsible lever assembly interconnected between the upper and lower frames, a biasing arrangement secured between outermost ends of the lever assembly in the upper frame and the lower frame for urging the upper frame and the seat away from the lower frame, a pair of adjustment plates fixed externally to the lever assembly and provided with a series of slots defining a number of vertical height adjusting positions, and an actuator extending forwardly of the seat and the upper frame, and pivotally connected to the upper frame, the actuator having a pair of links normally biased into engagement with the slots for selectively establishing a desired vertical height adjustment for the seat relative to the lower frame upon pivotal movement of the actuator;
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• a pair of leg supports pivotally mounted relative to a rear end of the seat on opposite sides thereof.

A jockey seat assembly adapted to be used on a motorized vehicle, the jockey seat assembly comprising:

• a saddle seat having a substantially inverted U-shaped configuration;
• a height adjusting mechanism for the seat having an upper frame mounted beneath the saddle seat, a lower frame adapted to be secured to a bottom surface of the vehicle, a collapsible lever assembly interconnected between the upper and lower frames, a biasing arrangement secured between outermost ends of the lever assembly in the upper frame and the lower frame for urging the upper frame and the seat away from the lower frame, a pair of adjustment plates fixed externally to the lever assembly and provided with a series of slots defining a number of vertical height adjusting positions, and an actuator extending forwardly of the seat and the upper frame, and pivotally connected to the upper frame, the actuator having a pair of links normally biased into engagement with the slots for selectively establishing a desired vertical height adjustment for the seat relative to the lower frame upon pivotal movement of the actuator;
• a pair of leg supports pivotally mounted relative to a rear end of the seat on opposite sides thereof;
• a handlebar assembly attached to a front end of the upper frame;
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• a backrest attached to the rear end of the upper frame.

A jockey seat assembly adapted to be used on a motorized vehicle, the jockey seat assembly comprising:

• a saddle seat having a substantially inverted U-shaped configuration;
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• a height adjusting mechanism for the seat having an upper frame mounted beneath the saddle seat, a lower frame adapted to be secured to a bottom surface of the vehicle, a collapsible lever assembly interconnected between the upper and lower frames, a biasing arrangement secured between outermost ends of the lever assembly in the upper frame and the lower frame for urging the upper frame and the seat away from the lower frame, a pair of adjustment plates fixed externally to the lever assembly and provided with a series of slots defining a number of vertical height adjusting positions, and an actuator extending forwardly of the seat and the upper frame, and pivotally connected to the upper frame, the actuator having a pair of links normally biased into engagement with the slots for selectively establishing a desired vertical height adjustment for the seat relative to the lower frame upon pivotal movement of the actuator,
• wherein the upper frame includes a pair of side channels, and the lower frame includes a pair of side channels,
• wherein the lever assembly includes a pair of outer levers and a pair of inner levers, a mid-portion of each of the outer levers being pivotally connected to a mid-portion of the inner levers,
• wherein outermost ends of the outer levers are joined by a rear cross shaft and a front cross shaft,
• wherein outermost ends of the inner levers are interconnected by a rear cross shaft and a front cross shaft,
• wherein the biasing arrangement includes a first coil spring secured between the rear cross shaft of the outer levers and the front cross shaft of the inner levers, and
• wherein the biasing arrangement includes a second coil spring connected between the rear cross shaft of the inner levers and the front cross shaft of the outer levers.