Patent ID: 7104600
Filing Date: 2006-09-12
Classification: B62J

Abstract:
1. Saddle for pedal-powered devices, comprising: two seat halves which are spaced apart from one another, each of which is adapted to support one half of a rider's buttocks, a cup joint arrangement on a bottom side of each seat half, the cup joint arrangement having an essentially hollow spherical socket and a cup element which is movable in tile socket, a support rod wit two supports, each of the supports being attached to a respective cup element for enabling the saddle to be connected to a saddle support by means of the support rod, and each of the cup joint arrangements having a range of motion limiter for limiting the extent to which the cup element is movable in the socket, wherein the cup elements of the cup joint are movable in their respective socket around axes each of which is formed by a respective support and each support being angled outward relative to a longitudinal center plane of the saddle.