An Improved Elastic or Resilient Cushion or Pad for Cycle Saddles and the like.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Aug., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 28th May, 1898-Accepted, 27th Aug.,
1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Elastic or Resilient Cushion or Pad for Cycle Saddles
and the like.
I, FELIX ROSENBERG, of 5, Gitschinerstrasse, Berlin, in the Empire of Germany,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object an elastic or resilient cushion or pad which
is preferably intended for cycle saddles with or without a special cover...
It consists essentially of two parts which are preferably filled with compressed
air by means of a suitable valve and have hollows or recesses in which the bones
of the pelvis may enter so that the whole pressure of the body is transferred to
the soft fleshy parts.
are
Owing to the cushion consisting of two parts which are not entirely in con-
tact, a narrow opening is formed between the two which protects the region of
the perinaeum from any deleterious pressure. In a similar way recesses
formed on the front side of each part which allows of the cushion easily fitting
itself to the form of the thighs. This improved cushion as compared with the
cushions and saddle covers hitherto employed, has the essential difference and
advantage that the whole pressure of the body is only carried by the soft fleshy
parts and the region of the perinaeum as well as the points of the bones of the
pelvis are relieved from any pressure.
The cushion instead of being filled with compressed air can also be filled with
any suitable resilient or elastic material so long as the conditions herein before
enumerated are fulfilled.
Dated this 20th day of An 1807
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Agents for the Applicant.
An Improved Elastic or Resilient Cushion or Pad for Cycle Saddles
and the like.
I, FELIX ROSENBERG, of 5, Gitschinerstrasse, Berlin, in the Empire of Germany,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement:-
This invention has for its object an elastic or resilient cushion or pad which
is preferably intended for cycle saddles with or without a special cover.

page_text: As shown in the accompanying drawing in plan the invention consists essen-
tially in forming the pad or cushion of two parts A A' somewhat in the form
of tubular horse shoes which are connected at the rear by a tubular neck B
and which are preferably filled with compressed air by means of a suitable
valve b. By reason of the double-horse shoe form a hollow or recess c is formed
at each side in which the bones of the pelvis may enter so that the whole pressure
of the body is transferred to the soft Heshy parts, the compressed air being only
inserted in the tubular portion a.
Owing to the cushion consisting of two similar parts A A¹ which are only
connected at the rear by a tubular neck B, a narrow opening d is formed between
the two which protects the region of the perinaeum from any deleterious pres-
sure. In a similar way recesses e are formed on the front side of each part which
allows of the cushion easily fitting itself to the form of the thighs.
This improved cushion as may be seen from the drawings as compared with
the cushions and saddle covers hitherto employed, has the essential difference
and advantage that the whole pressure of the body is only carried by the soft
fleshy parts and the region of the perinaeum as well as the points of the bones
of the pelvis are relieved from any pressure.
The cushion or pad may be made of any usual or suitable yielding material
and be provided with tags f of leather or the like as a means of attachment to
the saddle frame.
The cushion instead of being filled with compressed air in the tubular por-
tion a can also be filled with any suitable resilient or elastic material so long
as the conditions hereinbefore enumerated are fulfilled.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is: -
A cushion or pad for cycle saddles and the like consisting of two parts (a)
filled with compressed air or other suitable elastic material, adapted to relieve
the pelvis bones and the perinaeum from all pressure by means of suitable
recesses (c and d) substantially as hereinbefore described.
Dated this 27th day of May 1898
W. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Agents for the Applicant.