Chairs and seats – Straddle seat – With means to adjustably set tautness of supporting surface
Patent
1996-04-19
1997-10-14
Cuomo, Peter M.
Chairs and seats
Straddle seat
With means to adjustably set tautness of supporting surface
297205, 2971951, B62J 110
Patent
active
056764200
ABSTRACT:
A bicycle saddle providing uniform support to riders of significantly different weight ranges is provided. The saddle includes a variable support assembly for incrementally altering the rider support characteristics of the saddle. The variable support assembly comprises a plurality of lightweight, semi-rigid rods that are dimensioned to extend from the front end to the tail of a shell of the saddle. A plurality of retaining assemblies are affixed to an underside of the shell and are positioned parallel to a longitudinal axis of the saddle. The retaining assemblies each include a pair of receiving portions affixed to the underside of the shell for receiving ends of the rods, for detachably coupling the rods to the shell. A plurality of clips are affixed to the underside of the shell and interposed between receiving portions. The clips snap-fit a center of a rod for retaining the rod against the shell and to prevent the rods from moving perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of the saddle, when the shell is being flexed by a rider. Each of the plurality of rods is individually detachably coupled to each of the retaining assemblies for incrementally limiting the flexibility of the shell, such that the rods are singularly removed from the retaining assemblies for incrementally increasing the flexibility of the shell for providing an increasingly flexible saddle, and the rods are singularly detachably coupled to the retaining assemblies for incrementally decreasing the flexibility of the shell to provide an increasingly rigid saddle.
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Kuipers Dominica R.
Kuipers Raymond J.
Aiello Jeffrey P.
Cuomo Peter M.
White Rodney B.
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