US 11,787,490 B2
Bicycle saddle
Philip Alan Primeaux, Capitola, CA (US); Garrett Yale Davis Getter, Morgan Hill, CA (US); and Christopher Yu, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Assigned to Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc., Morgan Hill, CA (US)
Filed by Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc., Morgan Hill, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/56,513.
Application 18/056,513 is a continuation of application No. 17/454,892, filed on Nov. 15, 2021, granted, now 11,511,819.
Application 17/454,892 is a continuation of application No. 16/927,765, filed on Jul. 13, 2020, granted, now 11,186,336, issued on Nov. 30, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/877,200, filed on Jul. 22, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0264772 A1, Aug. 24, 2023
Int. Cl. B62J 1/26 (2006.01); B62J 1/00 (2006.01); B62J 1/22 (2006.01)
CPC B62J 1/26 (2013.01) [B62J 1/007 (2013.01); B62J 1/22 (2013.01); B62J 1/002 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bicycle saddle comprising:
a base structure comprising a top portion; and
a cushion coupled to the top portion of the base structure, the cushion comprising a nose portion, a rear portion, and a longitudinal plane positioned at a lateral midpoint of a widest point of the cushion, the longitudinal plane extending from a rear of the rear portion to a front of the nose portion,
wherein the cushion further comprises a first lateral side and a second lateral side separated by the longitudinal plane, wherein each of the first lateral side and the second lateral side comprises:
a first region comprising deformable three-dimensional lattice structures that define a first stiffness; and
a second region comprising deformable three-dimensional lattice structures that define a second stiffness, wherein the second stiffness is no greater than 75% of the first stiffness,
wherein the first region and the second region of each of the first lateral side and the second lateral side are configured such that, when considered as projections onto a lateral plane:
a perimeter of the first region defines a first surface area, and
a perimeter of the second region defines a second surface area that is less than the first surface area and that is at least 1,000 mm2,
wherein the lateral plane is perpendicular to the longitudinal plane, and the lateral plane is oriented such that one of:
the lateral plane is coincident with a highest point of the nose portion of the cushion and a highest point of the rear portion of the cushion, or
the lateral plane is parallel to two rail axes, each of the two rail axes being defined by a mounting portion of a rail that supports the top portion of the base structure.