Land vehicles – Wheeled – Occupant propelled type
Patent
1989-03-29
1991-01-01
Hill, Mitchell J.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Occupant propelled type
297484, A62B 3500
Patent
active
049813064
ABSTRACT:
An improved bicycle harness for harnessing a rider to a bicycle includes a connector or collar portion, positioned at the riders rear buttocks and crouch area, for releasible slideable coupling engagement to the seat's forwardly extending tongue. The collar slides onto the collars or ensleeves at least a portion of the bicycles seat's tongue, permitting upwardly vertically and/or rearwardly directed forces on the collar, exerted by the rider through other portions of the harness, to, respectively, pull upwardly against the seat tongue and/or push against the main body of the seat as a backstop. In one embodiment the other portion of the harness includes straps that extend from the collar and extend around the riders shoulders, allowing the rider to pedal in either a sitting or standing position while remaining effectively tethered by the bicycle seat. When the rider moves forward sufficiently relative to the bicycle seat, the collar releases from engagement with the seat, simply sliding off the front end of the tongue, and frees the rider from the connection to the bicycle as would be desired upon dismounting or in the event of an accidental fall.
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