Patent ID: 9637193
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: B62J

Claim:
1. A bicycle saddle comprising: a seat bladder fastened to an underlying base frame along a longitudinal centerline of said seat bladder and a superposed longitudinal centerline of said base frame; said seat bladder further comprising a pommel portion and a seating surface portion behind said pommel portion and a recessed longitudinal channel running from a point adjacent to a rear edge of said seat bladder to a point adjacent to said pommel portion of said seat bladder, wherein said longitudinal channel divides said seat bladder into a right side cushion and a left side cushion and at least two fasteners through said longitudinal channel fastening said seat bladder to said base frame; a valve assembly fixed into the bottom surface of said seat bladder adjacent to said pommel nose of said seat bladder with said valve assembly further comprising a valve stem and said valve stem projects downwardly from said seat bladder and through said base frame and is fastened thereto; a rear fluid channel connecting said right side cushion and said left side cushion; and a front fluid flow zone connecting said right side cushion and said left side cushion adjacent to said pommel, and superposed top and bottom fastening straps disposed above and below said longitudinal channel and a pair of spacers between a lower surface of said longitudinal channel and one or more fasteners for fastening said longitudinal channel, said top and bottom fastening straps and said base frame together, whereby said rear fluid channel and said front fluid flow zone cooperate to balance the sitting force of a rider on the bicycle saddle.