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US 8,297,696 B2Granted
Bicycle saddle
OwnerLouis Chuanginventor
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Abstract
A bicycle saddle includes front and rear portions; an elastic member disposed between the front and rear portions; and a valve assembly installed to the bottom of the saddle between the front and middle portions and including an air pump and an air escape valve communicating with the elastic member.
Claims17
A bicycle saddle comprising:
- a bottom;
- a front portion and two rear portions opposite to the front portion each having a top surface;
- a middle portion defined between and contiguously connecting the front portion and the two rear portions to each other, with the bottom connecting the front and rear portions;
- a first space defined above the middle portion and between the front and rear portions, with a horizontal position of the middle portion being lower than the top surfaces of the front and rear portions, wherein the first space has front and rear edges along the front and rear portions, with the first space being open on two sides of the saddle extending from the horizontal portion and between the front and rear edges of the space and between the front and rear portions;
- an elastic member to be filled with air and disposed between the front and rear portions and on the middle portion of the first space, with two side portions of the elastic member extendible in opposite directions parallel to the horizontal position outwardly from the two sides of the first space which are open;
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- a second space defined between the two rear portions and having a width smaller than a width of the first space between the two sides.
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A bicycle saddle comprising:
- a bottom;
- front and rear portions each having a top surface;
- a middle portion defined between and connecting the front and rear portions, with the bottom connecting the front and rear portions;
- a first space defined above the middle portion and between the front and rear portions, with a horizontal position of the middle portion being lower than the top surfaces of the front and rear portions, wherein the first space has front and rear edges along the front and rear portions, with the first space being open on two sides of the saddle extending from the horizontal portion and between the front and rear edges of the space and between the front and rear portions;
- an elastic member to be filled with air and disposed between the front and rear portions and on the middle portion of the first space, with two side portions of the elastic member extendible in opposite directions parallel to the horizontal position outwardly from the two sides of the first space which are open;
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- a cover member spread between the front and rear portions and covering the elastic member for supporting the rider's external genitals without substantially pressing the rider's external genitals and perineum.
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A bicycle saddle comprising:
- a bottom;
- front and rear portions each having a top surface;
- a middle portion defined between and connecting the front and rear portions, with the bottom connecting the front and rear portions;
- a first space defined above the middle portion and between the front and rear portions, with a horizontal position of the middle portion being lower than the top surfaces of the front and rear portions, wherein the first space has front and rear edges along the front and rear portions, with the first space being open on two sides of the saddle extending from the horizontal portion and between the front and rear edges of the space and between the front and rear portions;
- an elastic member to be filled with air and disposed between the front and rear portions and on the middle portion of the first space, with two side portions of the elastic member extendible in opposite directions parallel to the horizontal position outwardly from the two sides of the first space which are open;
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- a valve assembly installed to the bottom and including an air pump and an air escape valve, with the air pump adapted to pump air into the elastic member, with the air escape valve selectively in communication with the elastic member, with the elastic member not communicating with the air escape valve while the air escape valve is in a normal position and air is filled into the elastic member upon pumping of the air pump, and with the elastic member communicating with the air escape valve while the air escape valve is operated to a release position and air is released out of the elastic member via the air escape valve.
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