Patent ID: 6260918
Filing Date: 2001-07-17
Classification: B62J

Abstract:
A bicycle saddle comprising:a seat body made of a rigid plastic material, and including forward and rear portions opposite to each other in a longitudinal direction, said seat body having an upper wall with a contour adapted for seating of a user, an underside wall opposite to said upper wall in a first transverse direction, and two mounting poles having upper ends secured to said rear portion and lower ends extending downwardly of said upper ends in the first transverse direction and respectively having two threaded portions, said mounting poles being spaced apart from each other in a second transverse direction transverse to both the longitudinal direction and the first transverse direction;a retaining member having two major walls opposite to each other in the first transverse direction, and two through holes formed through said major walls and disposed opposite to each other in the second transverse direction for passage of said mounting poles, respectively;a supporting member having a front end engaging said forward portion beneath said underside wall, and two bracing bars extending rearwardly of said front end in the longitudinal direction and connected to said retaining member;at least one pair of first and second deformable members made of a reinforced plastic material and disposed between said underside wall and said retaining member, each of said first and second deformable members having two abutting walls which are disposed opposite to each other in the first transverse direction, a surrounding inner periphery which extends in the first transverse direction and which intercommunicates said abutting walls to define a penetrating hole therein for sleeving snugly on a respective one of said mounting poles, and a surrounding air chamber formed between said abutting walls and surrounding said surrounding inner periphery for receiving air therein, each of said abutting walls having a surrounding outer portion and a surrounding inner portion respectively distal and proximate to said surrounding inner periphery, each of said deformable members further having two surrounding recess portions which extend radially from said surrounding inner portion adjacent to said surrounding outer portion towards said penetrating hole to be communicated with said penetrating hole, and inwardly in the first transverse direction toward each other; andtwo fastening members disposed to engage threadedly and respectively said threaded portions to secure said retaining member to said seat body.