Patent ID: 8512842

Claim:
A bicycle saddle comprising: a base frame of the saddle having a top surface and a bottom surface; an outermost layer of the saddle formed from a first thermoplastic polymer material and associated to said base frame, said outermost layer being a cover element of the saddle; at least one film of a second thermoplastic polymer material having a top face and a bottom face and stably coupling said base frame to said cover element, wherein said cover element is formed from at least one layer of said first thermoplastic polymer material, said base frame being made of a composite material comprising one or more skins of a fibrous material embedded in a polymer matrix including a thermosetting resin, said at least one film having its top face adhered to said cover element and its bottom face adhered to said base frame in correspondence of at least one of said top or bottom surfaces, said at least one film having the thickness less than half the thickness of said at least one layer of said first polymer thermoplastic material, said second thermoplastic material having one or more of a physical or chemical affinity with said first polymer thermoplastic material to provide a junction therebetween, wherein said cover element and said base frame are molded to one another; and a pad element made of a viscoelastic material located between said base frame and said cover element, wherein said pad element is disposed within a recessed portion of said base frame extending for less than the entirety of said base frame, said pad element being coupled to said base frame by said at least one film, and wherein at least some of said at least one film of a second thermoplastic polymer material is penetrates the thermosetting resin of the base frame.