US 12,084,140 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 Sep. 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/464,043.
Application 18/464,043 is a continuation of application No. 18/056,513, filed on Nov. 17, 2022, granted, now 11,787,490.
Application 18/056,513 is a continuation of application No. 17/454,892, filed on Nov. 15, 2021, granted, now 11,511,819, issued on Nov. 29, 2022.
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 2024/0208595 A1, Jun. 27, 2024
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)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
17. A bicycle saddle comprising:
a cushion comprising a resilient material that forms three-dimensional lattice structures, the three-dimensional lattice structures defining a plurality of regions that each have stiffness characteristics,
wherein the plurality of regions comprises at least a first region and a second region, the first region comprising a first stiffness and the second region comprising a second stiffness,
wherein the second stiffness is lower stiffness than the first stiffness,
wherein the plurality of regions are configured such that, when considered as projections onto a lateral plane:
the first region encompasses a first surface area;
the second region encompasses a second surface area that is different than the first surface area; and
at least a portion of the second region is positioned at a widest part of the bicycle saddle; and
a base structure that supports the cushion and is configured to be attached to a bicycle frame,
wherein the lateral plane is oriented such that one of:
the lateral plane is coincident with a highest point of a nose portion of the cushion and a highest point of a 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 of the base structure,
wherein each of the first stiffness and the second stiffness is defined as an average stiffness as measured normal to the lateral plane at uniformly spaced locations across a corresponding region of the first region and the second region, using a durometer having a 0.508 centimeter spherical diameter indenter, and
wherein adjacent uniformly spaced locations of the uniformly spaced locations are located 10 millimeters apart from each other.