Chairs and seats – Straddle seat
Patent
1998-01-29
1999-06-15
Cranmer, Laurie K.
Chairs and seats
Straddle seat
297205, 297208, 297215, B60N 238
Patent
active
059114738
ABSTRACT:
A shock-absorbing bicycle saddle including a resilient seat for engaging the crotch portion of a user and a frame for attaching the seat to a conventional, seat post of a bicycle. The frame has a support bracket formed from stiff wire. One end of the support bracket is secured by a shock dampener to the seat and the other end thereof is secured by another shock dampener to a seat post attachment bracket. Each of the shock dampeners includes a number of cushioning blocks adapted to receive therein one of the opposed ends of the support bracket. In an alternative embodiment of the saddle, the shock dampener adjacent the seat post attachment bracket is replaced by a pair of coiled loops integrally formed with the support bracket.
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Cranmer Laurie K.
Greiner Stephen R.
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