Patent ID: 7654549

Claim:
An improved semi-recumbent bicycle comprising: a frame having a main seat support tube; a steering mechanism rotatably mounted on said frame including a front tire support fork; front and rear wheels, said front wheel rotatably mounted on said front tire support fork and said rear wheel rotatably mounted on said frame; pedal means having a pedal axle rotatably mounted on said frame, said pedal means operatively connected to at least one of said front and rear wheels for powered rotation thereof; a bicycle seat mounted above and forwards of said rear wheel, said bicycle seat including; a bicycle seat frame; a seat base mounted on said bicycle seat frame and having a seat cushion mounted thereon; a seat back adjustably mounted on said bicycle seat frame for adjustment of the height of said generally upright seat back relative to said seat base and the distance said generally upright seat back is spaced from said seat base; said seat cushion including a generally flat planar front face and a forwardly tilted top surface such that said front face is positioned lower than the rear portion of said seat cushion; said top surface of said seat cushion being forwardly tilted from horizontal between two and thirty degrees (2° and 30°) said front face of said seat cushion positioned above and rearwards of said pedal axle of said pedal means; and said bicycle seat frame adjustably mounted on said main seat support tube free of any other support connection to said bicycle frame.