Patent ID: 8973986
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: B62J

Abstract:
1. A bicycle saddle, adapted to reduce pressure on a rider's perineum zone comprising a shell with a support portion and a nose portion, said support portion having an upper surface upon which opposing ischial bones of a rider can be supported and a shoulder between the support portion and the nose portion, said nose portion extending axially forward of the support portion; said nose portion being narrow and tapering slightly towards a forward end, said nose portion being a flattened arched curve in longitudinal cross-section with a high point midway the shoulder and a downwardly sloped forward end and a longitudinal channel in an upper surface of the nose portion extending from the support portion substantially the length of the nose portion, said channel stepped down at the shoulder of the support portion, said channel being deepest at the shoulder and sloped upwardly to the high point and downwardly towards the forward end of the nose, said channel adapted to be positioned under the rider's perineum zone, an air filled tubular elastic member fitted into the channel, whereby the rider's perineum zone makes minimal contact with the elastic member at the support portion and comes progressively in contact along the length of the elastic member.