Patent ID: 6206399
Filing Date: 2001-03-27
Classification: B62J

Abstract:
Body support and brace during pedal thrusting for a rider of a bicycle, comprising:an upwardly extending seat support tube;a seat secured to the upper end of the seat support tube;a rigid generally C-shaped arm which includes a plate-shaped end portion having a first opening and a second elongated curved opening;a hollow connector secured to an end of said arm including a tubular portion for sliding receipt onto the seat support tube underneath the seat, said tubular portion including a slotted opening;first and second outwardly extending flanges on respectively opposite sides of said slotted opening and facing each other, each flange including a first opening and a second elongated curved opening, said C-shaped arm plate-shaped end portion being received between the flanges with the respective first openings being aligned with one another and the second curved openings being aligned;first and second threaded means being received within the aligned first and second openings to secure the plate-shaped end portion and connector in a unitary angular relation;plate means secured to another arm end having a surface unitary with said arm facing generally forwardly and downwardly toward the bicycle seat; andpad means releasably mounted to said plate means for resiliently contacting the back of the rider in a region selected from the buttock, and immediately adjacent back portion.