Patent ID: 6202971
Filing Date: 2001-03-20
Classification: B62J,B62K,Y10T

Abstract:
An adjustable, telescoping seat support for adjusting a bicycle seat above a bicycle frame to a plurality of seat height positions, said adjustable, telescoping seat support comprising:a) an elongated seat holder member with an elongated outer seat holder member wall, a hollow interior portion, a seat end, and an open post end, said seat end having attaching means for attaching to said bicycle seat;b) an elongated seat post member with an elongated outer seat post member wall and having a holder end slidably positioned inside said open post end of said elongated seat holder member and a frame end, said frame end for attaching to said bicycle frame;c) means for providing an extending force to said elongated seat holder member and said elongated seat post member wherein said means for providing an extending force is positioned substantially inside said hollow interior portion of said elongated seat holder member and wherein said adjustable, telescoping seat support is capable of extending in an elongation direction to a maximum seat height position and collapsing in a compression direction to a minimum seat height position; andd) means for fixing said seat at said plurality of seat height positions wherein said means for fixing said seat at said plurality of seat height positions is attached to said elongated seat holder member and remains at a constant distance from said seat end in all of said plurality of seat height positions.