Patent ID: 7699392

Claim:
A bicycle saddle comprising: a frame extending in a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction; a padding placed over the frame and defining a sitting surface having a leading edge and a trailing edge spaced in the longitudinal direction from the leading edge, with the sitting surface further having a height in a vertical direction perpendicular to the longitudinal and lateral directions, said padding further including a recessed supporting surface extending in the longitudinal direction between the leading and trailing edges and having a depth from said sitting surface, with the recessed supporting surface being bounded only in the longitudinal direction by the leading and trailing edges of the sitting surfaces and being open to sides of the recessed supporting surface in the lateral direction; and an elastic element received in said recessed supporting surface, with the elastic element including a first surface defining a portion of the sitting surface and a second surface received in the recessed support surface, with the portion of said sitting surface including a leading edge portion receiving the leading edge of said padding, a trailing edge portion receiving the trailing edge of said padding and two side edges extending longitudinally between the leading and trailing edge portions, with the two side edges extending in the lateral direction from and exposed from the sides of the recessed supporting surface, with a height of the first surface of the elastic element from the recessed supporting surface being equal to or less than the depth of the recessed supporting surface; and wherein said elastic element sags and extends in the lateral direction out of the sides of the recessed supporting surface when subject to a force of weight transmitted from a rider.