Patent ID: 9371102
Filing Date: 2016-06-21
CPC Classification: B62J

Claim Text:
1. A bicycle seat assembly comprising: a mounting portion configured to engage a frame of a bicycle; a seat portion pivotally mounted to said mounting portion; a locking portion disposed to selectively lock said mounting portion and said seat portion with respect to one another in a plurality of different seat positions, wherein said seat portion is moveable among said plurality of different seat positions when said locking portion is in an unlocked configuration and is fixed in one of said plurality of different seat positions when said locking portion is in a locked configuration; an actuator portion engaged with said locking portion and operable to shift said locking portion from said locked configuration to said unlocked configuration, wherein said actuator portion is hand-operated; and wherein said mounting portion further comprises: a post configured to engage the frame of the bicycle, the post having a blind aperture including a first portion having a first width and a second portion having a second width greater than said first width; a base mountable on said post and having an open aperture alignable with said blind aperture and having at least a portion with threads and a third width greater than said first width; and a set screw assembly having a screw with a tip portion receivable in said first portion of said blind aperture and a threaded portion receivable in said at least a portion of said open aperture, whereby said base is rotatable relative to said post.