Patent ID: 6409865
Filing Date: 2002-06-25
Classification: B29C,B62J,Y10T

Abstract:
A method for making a bicycle saddle comprising the steps of:providing a fabric having a selected perimeter contour; providing a plastic film with a selected cutout portion therein; heat sealing the plastic film to one side of the fabric before disposing the fabric into a mold with the plastic film facing the mold cavity; disposing the fabric into the mold with the fabric perimeter surrounding a mold cavity, the cavity having a bicycle saddle contour; disposing a polymer into the mold cavity and onto the fabric; conforming the fabric to the mold cavity with heated polymer to form a shaped elastomer adhering to the fabric in order to permanently contour the fabric in the shape of the bicycle saddle contour; providing a bicycle saddle shell; and wrapping the contoured fabric over the shell adhering the contoured fabric to an underside of the shell.