NL2030139B1 - A shock-absorbing saddle - Google Patents
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
- B62J—CYCLE SADDLES OR SEATS; AUXILIARY DEVICES OR ACCESSORIES SPECIALLY ADAPTED TO CYCLES AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. ARTICLE CARRIERS OR CYCLE PROTECTORS
- B62J1/00—Saddles or other seats for cycles; Arrangement thereof; Component parts
- B62J1/02—Saddles resiliently mounted on the frame; Equipment therefor, e.g. springs
- B62J1/04—Saddles capable of swinging about a horizontal pivot
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
- B62J—CYCLE SADDLES OR SEATS; AUXILIARY DEVICES OR ACCESSORIES SPECIALLY ADAPTED TO CYCLES AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. ARTICLE CARRIERS OR CYCLE PROTECTORS
- B62J1/00—Saddles or other seats for cycles; Arrangement thereof; Component parts
- B62J1/002—Saddles having a seating area with a central cavity or depression
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
- B62J—CYCLE SADDLES OR SEATS; AUXILIARY DEVICES OR ACCESSORIES SPECIALLY ADAPTED TO CYCLES AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. ARTICLE CARRIERS OR CYCLE PROTECTORS
- B62J1/00—Saddles or other seats for cycles; Arrangement thereof; Component parts
- B62J1/28—Other additional equipment, e.g. back-rests for children
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Abstract
The invention relates to the field of shock-absorbing seating structures, suitable for mounting to bicycles and other vehicles. The proposed shock-absorbing saddle, comprising: a seat element having a top portion and a bottom portion; the top portion is designed to at least partly be in contact with a user; the top portion having a widened rear part and an elongate front part; the bottom portion having an elongate rear part and an elongate front part; a support element underlying the seat element and designed to be connected to a frame, optionally using a seatpost; the support element having front end and rear end; at its elongate front part the seat element being pivotally attached to the front end of the support element, allowing the seat element to pivot with respect to the support element; wherein the shock-absorbing saddle further comprising a saddle damper chamber filled with a compressible substance; the support element and/or the seat element is provided with cavity, adapted to accommodate therein the saddle damper chamber, so that the substantial part of the seat element can lean on the saddle damper chamber, which thereby limits the range of pivoting movement of the seat element with respect to the support element. The top portion ofthe seat element may be provided with a groove located axially with a longitudinal axis of symmetry of the top portion of the seat element; the groove starts substantially from an end of the elongate front part of the top portion, is extending to and inclined towards peripheral edge of the widened rear part. The top portion of the seat element may be provided with massaging means designed to massage, when controllably activated, the surface of a user's body parts, being in contact with the top portion ofthe seat element.
Description
A shock-absorbing saddle
The invention relates to the field of seating structures, in particular, to a shock-absorbing device, suitable for mounting to bicycle saddles and other vehicle seats.
Cycling is known to be an effective and efficient mode of transportation. It provides the sustained physical exercise, easier parking, access to bike paths and rural trails.
Cycling also reduces consumption of fossil fuels, air pollution and traffic congestion.
The World Health Organization states that cycling can reduce the risk of cancers, heart disease, and diabetes that are prevalent in sedentary lifestyles.
However, cycling, especially long-distance cycling has some disadvantages, two of which are nerve and artery compression and upper back pain/lower back pain.
Long sitting on a hard bicycle seat can compress the nerve and arteries that feed or serve reproductive organs. Long sitting in hunch over position can cause stress on the upper and lower back.
One of the ways to increase riding comfort is to provide a comfortable saddle, relieving saddle pain caused by frequent friction and road impact. This issue is addressed in many prior art solutions, providing different shock absorbing saddles.
There is known a shock-absorbing device for seating structures (IT VI20060253
A1}, comprising a user weight supporting shell attachable to a load-bearing frame, at least one main hollow body of a first elastomeric material that defines an elastically deformable compression chamber; at least one secondary hollow body of a second elastomeric material that defines an elastically deformable expansion chamber; at least one channel for fluid connection between said chambers to allow transfer of at least one fluid from one chamber to the other and vice versa; means for attachment of said main body and said secondary body to the seating structure with which the device is associated; wherein said at least one connection channel has valve means for controlling fluid flow between said chambers in response to elastic deformation thereof.
There is known an air cushion saddle (WO 2016/108549 A1}, comprising a cushion member formed of a rubber material, with a closed space where air is injected being formed within the cushion member, thereby relieving saddle pain caused by frequent road friction and impact and allowing comfortable riding when a user rides abicycle.
There is known a customizable saddle structure, particularly for bicycles, having a removable seat element (IT VI20050240 Al) comprising a seat element which has a top surface, designed to at least partly contact a user, and a support element underlying the seat element and designed to be connected to the movable or stationary frame. The seat element is removably attached to said support element to allow removal and/or replacement thereof by a user. The seat element is composed of a resilient upper body removably connected to a semirigid lower body.
Although the prior art solutions partially solve the problem, their effectiveness and versatility are still relatively insufficient.
The invention provides a shock-absorbing saddle, comprising: a seat element having atop portion and a bottom portion; the top portion is designed to at least partly be in contact with a user; the top portion having a widened rear part and an elongate front part; the bottom portion having an elongate rear part and an elongate front part; a support element underlying the seat element and designed to be connected to a frame, optionally using a seatpost; the support element having a front end and a rear end; at its elongate front part the seat element being pivotally attached to the front end of the support element, allowing the seat element to pivot with respect to the support element; wherein the shock-absorbing saddle further comprising a saddle damper chamber filled with a compressible substance; the support element and/or the seat element is provided with cavity, adapted to accommodate therein the saddle damper chamber, so that the substantial part of the seat element can lean on the saddle damper chamber, which thereby limits the range of pivoting movement of the seat element with respect to the support element.
The saddle, further comprises a second damper chamber filled with a compressible substance. The second damper chamber is substance-flow connected with the saddle damper chamber via a channel (optionally, having means for controllably adjust compressible substance’s flow speed), so that compressible substance can flow from the saddle damper chamber to the second damper chamber and vice versa. According to yet another embodiment the second damper chamber is located ina seatpost.
The compressible substance can be selected from the group consisting of gas, compressible fluid and compressible gel-forming composition. The widened rear part of the top portion of the seat element may have a shape of substantially two pointed ellipsoids.
The saddle damper chamber may comprise a channel with a valve, which are designed to allow controllable adjustment of the amount of the compressible substance in the saddle damper chamber, thereby adjusting pressure in the saddle damper chamber to optimal.
The top portion of the seat element may be provided with a groove located co-axially to a longitudinal axis of symmetry of the top portion of the seat element; the groove starts substantially from an elongate front part of the top portion, or from the widened rear part of the top portion, is extending to and inclined towards a peripheral edge of the widened rear part.
The top portion of the seat element may be provided with massaging means (e.g. vibration massage devices) designed to massage, when controllably activated, the surface of a user's body parts, being in contact with the top portion of the seat element. The massaging means, are preferably divided into at least two groups and located substantially on the widened rear part of the top portion of the seat element, so that each group of the massaging means is located equidistantly from the longitudinal axis of symmetry of the top portion of the seat element.
Fig. 1 shows perspective view of one embodiment of the shock-absorbing saddle;
Fig. 2 - is a left side view of the shock-absorbing saddle;
Fig. 3 is a left side cross sectional view of the shock-absorbing saddle;
Fig. 4 - a perspective view of embodiment of the shock-absorbing saddle with massaging means;
Fig. 5 - is a left side cross sectional view of the claimed embodiment of the shock-absorbing saddle.
The shock-absorbing saddle (Fig. 1, 2), comprises a seat element 2 having a top portion 3 and a bottom portion 4. The top portion 3 is designed to at least partly be in contact with a user. The top portion 3 having a widened rear part 30 and an elongate front part 31. The bottom portion 4 having an elongate rear part 40 and an elongate front part 41. The saddle further comprises a support element 5 underlying the seat element 2 and designed to be connected to a frame, optionally using a seatpost 6. The support element 5 having a front end 51 and a rear end 52.
At its elongate front part 41 the seat element 2 being pivotally attached to the front end 51 of the support element 5, allowing the seat element 2 to pivot with respect to the support element 5. 5 The shock-absorbing saddle further comprising a saddle damper chamber 60 (Fig. 3) filled with a compressible substance. The compressible substance can be a gas or a mixture thereof (e.g. air), a compressible fluid, or compressible gel-forming composition (e.g. gel-forming composition with hollow compressible filler).
The support element 5 and/or the seat element 2 is provided with cavity 61, adapted to accommodate therein the saddle damper chamber 60, so that the substantial part of the seat element 2 can lean on the saddle damper chamber 60, which thereby limits the range of pivoting movement of the seat element 2 with respect to the support element 5, thereby allowing the saddle to perform shock-absorbing function. According to the preferred embodiment the pivotal attachment of the seat element 2 is configured to allow providing access to the cavity 61.
According to the preferred embodiment the saddle damper chamber 60 comprises a channel 62 with a valve 63, which are designed to allow controllable adjustment of the amount of the compressible substance in the saddle damper chamber 60, thereby adjusting pressure in the saddle damper chamber 60 to optimal. This allows to create the desired pressure in the saddle damper chamber 60. The desired pressure can be selected depending on a user's weight.
The top portion 3 of the seat element 2 can be provided with a groove 37 (Fig. 4), which is co-axial to a longitudinal axis of symmetry of the top portion 3 of the seat element 2. The groove 37 starts from the elongate front part 31 of the top portion 3, or from the widened rear part 30 of the top portion 3. The groove 37 is extending to and inclined towards a peripheral edge of the widened rear part 30. The groove 37 is thus advantageously designed to provide some natural ventilation to a user, sitting on the saddle, as well as to allow leading away liquids (such as rain drops, or user's sweat) from the saddle.
According to an embodiment the widened rear part 30 of the top portion 3 of the seat element 2 has a shape of substantially two pointed ellipsoids 33 (Fig. 1 and 4).
According to the preferred embodiment the top portion 3 of the seat element 2 is provided with massaging means 35 (Fig. 4) designed to massage, when controllably activated, the surface of a user's body parts, being in contact with the top portion 3 of the seat element 2. The massaging means 35 are preferably divided into at least two groups and are located substantially on the widened rear part 30 of the top portion 3 of the seat element 2, so that each group of the massaging means 35 is located equidistantly from the longitudinal axis of symmetry of the top portion 3 of the seat element 2. According to yet another embodiment the massaging means 35 are vibration massage devices, which can be vibration motors, e.g. button-type vibration motors.
According to the claimed embodiment (Fig. 5), the saddle further comprises a second damper chamber 71 filled with a compressible substance. The second damper chamber 71 is substance-flow connected with the saddle damper chamber 60 via a channel 70 (optionally, having means for controllably adjust compressible substance’s flow speed), so that compressible substance can flow from the saddle damper chamber 60 to the second damper chamber 71 and vice versa. According to this embodiment the saddle damper chamber's 60 body is designed to absorb deformation loads to a limited extent, so that as a result of loads (exceeding pre-set value) applied to the top portion 3 of the seat element 2 to cause compressible substance flow from the saddle damper chamber 60 to the second damper chamber 71. When deformation load applied to the top portion 3 of the seat element 2 returns to value below the pre-set threshold, the compressible substance pressure in the second damper chamber 71 causes the excessive amount of the compressible substance to return to the saddle damper chamber 60. This arrangement allows to reduce the shocks on the user’s body produced by e.g. a rough road surface. The second damper chamber 71 can be located in a seatpost, i.e. the second damper chamber 71 can be located under the saddle damper chamber 60.
According to yet another embodiment the shock-absorbing saddle may further comprise a gyroscope, configured to detect an angle of inclination of the shock-absorbing saddle relative to a vertical axis and generate an inclination signal representative thereof; a processor in operable communication with the gyroscope and configured to receive the inclination angle and generate a warning signal when the angle of inclination exceeds a predetermined threshold; and an audible alarm system in operable communication with the processor and configured to generate an audible alarm to indicate when the angle of inclination of the shock-absorbing saddle has exceeded the predetermined threshold.
According to yet another embodiment the saddle may further comprise a global positioning tracking system configured to allow tracking location of the saddle and thereby also a vehicle the saddle is attached to.
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ITVI20050240A1 (en) | 2005-09-13 | 2007-03-14 | Selle Royal Spa | CUSTOMIZABLE SEAT STRUCTURE FOR HUMAN BODY, PARTICULARLY FOR PEDAL VEHICLES |
ITVI20060253A1 (en) | 2006-08-09 | 2008-02-10 | Selle Royal | SHOCK ABSORBER DEVICE FOR SEATING STRUCTURES AND SEATING STRUCTURE INCLUDING THIS DEVICE. |
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