Patent ID: 8496297

Claim:
A method for moving and securing a seat in both a vertical and in a horizontal direction on a stationary exercise bicycle having a frame comprising the steps of: lifting the seat, which is attached to a seat post that in turn is enclosed within a support tube secured to the frame, to a desired a first vertical position; releasing the seat in said first vertical position wherein a first latch member is effective to engage one or more teeth of a rack configured within said support tube thereby being effective to secure the seat in said first vertical position; lowering the seat to a second vertical position by upwardly lifting a handle portion of a first release handle rotatably connected to an upper portion of said seat post thereby causing a connecting rod, rotatably secured to said release handle and said first latch member, to move resulting in the disengagement of said first latch member from said teeth of said rack thereby permitting said seat to move downwardly to said second vertical position; releasing said handle portion resulting in a biasing member secured to said first latch member to cause said first latch member to re-engage said teeth thereby being effective to secure said seat in said second vertical position; moving the seat from a first to a second horizontal position by first lifting a handle portion of a second release handle, that is rotatably connected to a pawl as well as rotatably secured to a slidable seat support member, to disengage said pawl from one or more upwardly extending teeth on a second rack secured to the seat post; sliding said slidable seat support member that is slidably engaged to said seat post from the first to the second horizontal position; and releasing said handle portion of said second release handle resulting in said pawl re-engaging said teeth of said second rack thereby being effective to secure said seat in said second horizontal position.