US2828801A - Resilient, yieldable seat - Google Patents

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US2828801A
US2828801A US193220A US19322050A US2828801A US 2828801 A US2828801 A US 2828801A US 193220 A US193220 A US 193220A US 19322050 A US19322050 A US 19322050A US 2828801 A US2828801 A US 2828801A
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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
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47C—CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
    • A47C3/00—Chairs characterised by structural features; Chairs or stools with rotatable or vertically-adjustable seats
    • A47C3/02—Rocking chairs
    • A47C3/021—Rocking chairs having elastic frames
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47C—CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
    • A47C3/00—Chairs characterised by structural features; Chairs or stools with rotatable or vertically-adjustable seats
    • A47C3/02—Rocking chairs
    • A47C3/025—Rocking chairs with seat, or seat and back-rest unit elastically or pivotally mounted in a rigid base frame
    • A47C3/0252—Rocking chairs with seat, or seat and back-rest unit elastically or pivotally mounted in a rigid base frame connected only by an elastic member positioned between seat and base frame
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47C—CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
    • A47C7/00—Parts, details, or accessories of chairs or stools
    • A47C7/36—Supports for the head or the back
    • A47C7/40—Supports for the head or the back for the back
    • A47C7/44—Supports for the head or the back for the back with elastically-mounted back-rest or backrest-seat unit in the base frame
    • A47C7/445—Supports for the head or the back for the back with elastically-mounted back-rest or backrest-seat unit in the base frame with bar or leaf springs
    • 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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  • the instant invention relates to resilient, yieldable seats, in particular for use with movable supports such as bicycles, motor cycles, tractors, etc., of which the resiliency is adapted to protect the person sitting thereon from shocks.
  • movable supports such as bicycles, motor cycles, tractors, etc.
  • the resiliency is adapted to protect the person sitting thereon from shocks.
  • the seat be capable of swinging in such manner vertically are parallel to each other and the original seat position while laterally undisplaced.
  • Such parallel displacement of. the seat can be attained according to the instant invention in a considerably simpler manner by using a seat support consisting of superposed leaf springs clamped at one end to the seat and at the other end to the seat holder.
  • This seat support composed of leaf springs simultaneously constitutes the resilient means and the guide means, and provides considerable simplification of the seating arrangement.
  • the seat support, or the leaf springs constituting the seat support may be, if desired, so dimensioned that in the case of a unilateral load thereon a certain twisting or torsion is permitted.
  • the leaf spring type of seat support further has the advantage of very springy deflection so that the load on the seat and the stress imposed by shocks may vary over wide limits.
  • Figure 1 is an elevational view of a bicycle saddle supported by the resilient means of my invention
  • Figure 2 is a sectional view of a different embodiment in which the resilient means is provided with variable contact guide channels;
  • Figure 3 is an elevational view of a chair of which the seat is supported by the resilient means of my invention
  • Figure 4 is an elevational view of a driving seat of a tractor, for example, supported by still another modified form of the resilient seat supporting means of my invention
  • Figure 5 discloses in elevation a chair of which the seat is supported by still another embodiment of the resilient seat supporting means of my invention
  • Figures 6 and 6a are a plan and a sectional view respectively of one form of my resilient seat supporting means adapted to be incorporated in any of the chair embodiments of Figures 1 through 5;
  • Figures 7 and 7a are a plan and a sectional view respectively of another form of my resilient seat supthat the successive positions of the seat 2,828,801 Patented Apr. 1, 1958 porting means adapted similarly to be incorporated in any of the embodiments of Figures 1 through 5.
  • the seat 1 is secured to the seat holder 2 by means of a seat support 3, the latter consisting of a plurality, for example four as shown in Figures 1 to 3, of leaf springs 4.
  • the seat support 3 is fixedly clamped at its one end to the seat 1 and at its other end to the seat holder 2 so that when a load is applied to the seat, or a shock transmitted thereto, the seat will be displaced vertically to successive positions parallel to each other and to the plane of the original position.
  • the seat is designed as a saddle and the seat holder 2 secured to the frame 5 of a bicycle.
  • Seat supporting means 3 comprises a stack of four flat leaf springs 4 clamped at its respective ends by screws 6 and 7 threaded into formed brackets 8 and 9 which clamp the end regions of the springs transversely to each other.
  • the formed brackets 8 and 9 are also fitted and clamped to seat 1 and seat holder 2 respectively, in such manner that in the lengthwise direction the supporting means in Figure 1 is substantially horizontal.
  • the saddle arrangement shown in Figure 2 dilfers from that shown in Figure 1 in that the seat holder 12 has an upper curved surface 10, to the lower and forward region of which one end of spring supporting means 3, identical with that of Figure 1, or those of Figures 6 and 7, is rigidly attached by the formed clamp 16 and bolts 17.
  • the other end of the supporting means 3 is rigidly attached by a formed bracket 19 and bolts 20 to the rear undersurface of seat 21.
  • the undersurface of seat 21 is provided with a curved surface having a groove 11 extending from a front to a rear region thereof, and adapted to engage an increasing portion of the upper adjacent surface of the supporting means as the seat is deflected downwardly, thus eliminating the possibility of lateral displacement of the supporting means.
  • the seat 31 forms part of a chair and carries a back-rest 32.
  • the seat holder 33 serves as a leg for the chair and is provided with a foot 34.
  • the seat illustrated in Figure 4 is intended for a fixed arrangement such as on a tractor.
  • the seat support 43 comprises three leaf springs of which the two outer ones, 44 and 45, are of spring metal while the intermediate spring 46 is of wood.
  • the seat support 43 is arranged slantingly so that the seat 41 has approximately the height of a normal chair seat above the seat holder 42, the lower end of the supporting means 43 being rigidly clamped to the seat holder by, for example, a plurality of bolts and nuts 47 while the upper end is rigidly clamped to a rear lower portion of the seat 41 by bolts 48.
  • the chair shown in Figure 5 has a seat support 50 comprising two wooden springs, 51 and 52, directly secured to he frame of seat 53 and to base plate 54 serving as the seat holder.
  • the thickness of springs 51 and 52 continuously decreases in the direction toward the midlength region of the seat support, thereby permitting of great deflection without affecting the strength of the seat support.
  • the reduction in cross section of the leaf springs constituting the spring supports may, however, differ from that shown in Figure 5, alternative modes being shown in Figures 6 and 6a, and 7 and 7a.
  • the seat support .ileafisprings :4 of figures-16am 6a are cutout in"the form -of a vrhomb so that the .springs have ,but small area cross-sections at their ,midlength regions, as shown by the hatched areas in Figure 6a.
  • the leaf springs 4" of Figures 7iand 7a are ;cut :outzatstheir-zmidlengtharegion in suchzmanner ;that the widthaof :thmsprings ⁇ decreases atowards their ;midlength region,;'.

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US4119343A (en) * 1977-01-17 1978-10-10 Kroehler Mfg. Co. Platform rocker structure
US4129290A (en) * 1976-05-14 1978-12-12 Popper Engineering Ltd. Compression and tension spring
US4141530A (en) * 1976-09-29 1979-02-27 Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company Platform rocking chair springs
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US4340250A (en) * 1976-09-29 1982-07-20 Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company Platform rocking chair springs
US4549764A (en) * 1983-09-14 1985-10-29 K. L. Spring & Stamping Corporation Flexible chair back
US4620688A (en) * 1984-01-06 1986-11-04 Bechtel International Corporation Energy absorbing apparatus for piping system and the like
US4934724A (en) * 1989-04-07 1990-06-19 Allsop, Inc. Combination beam seat support
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US20150183493A1 (en) * 2012-07-04 2015-07-02 Paul Francis Zwaan Shock mitigation apparatus
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US9493203B2 (en) 2014-03-04 2016-11-15 Lyle Portz Bicycle seat
US20180235367A1 (en) * 2017-02-22 2018-08-23 Aeris Gmbh Active dynamic seating furniture
US10682933B2 (en) 2018-05-16 2020-06-16 Eric Bischoff Adjustable seat suspension assembly
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GB113345A (en) * 1917-03-07 1918-02-21 Granville Eastwood Bradshaw Improvements in Springs.
FR655057A (fr) * 1928-06-01 1929-04-15 Selle pour tous véhicules, notamment des cycles et motos
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US4129290A (en) * 1976-05-14 1978-12-12 Popper Engineering Ltd. Compression and tension spring
US4141530A (en) * 1976-09-29 1979-02-27 Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company Platform rocking chair springs
US4340250A (en) * 1976-09-29 1982-07-20 Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company Platform rocking chair springs
US4119343A (en) * 1977-01-17 1978-10-10 Kroehler Mfg. Co. Platform rocker structure
US4156391A (en) * 1977-06-27 1979-05-29 Reppisch-Werke GmbH Height adjustable table
US4549764A (en) * 1983-09-14 1985-10-29 K. L. Spring & Stamping Corporation Flexible chair back
US4620688A (en) * 1984-01-06 1986-11-04 Bechtel International Corporation Energy absorbing apparatus for piping system and the like
US4934724A (en) * 1989-04-07 1990-06-19 Allsop, Inc. Combination beam seat support
US5029888A (en) * 1989-04-07 1991-07-09 Allsop, Inc. Bicycle seat support
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US7104532B1 (en) * 2003-02-20 2006-09-12 Johnson Christopher L Shock absorbing assembly for a bicycle
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US20100207437A1 (en) * 2005-09-15 2010-08-19 Agio International Company, Ltd. Swivel rocker chair and assembly
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US20130228668A1 (en) * 2010-02-26 2013-09-05 Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc. Bicycle seat with resilient support
US20110210231A1 (en) * 2010-02-26 2011-09-01 Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc. Bicycle seat with resilient support
USD658096S1 (en) 2011-04-25 2012-04-24 Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc. Bicycle seatpost
US20150183493A1 (en) * 2012-07-04 2015-07-02 Paul Francis Zwaan Shock mitigation apparatus
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US10531739B2 (en) * 2017-02-22 2020-01-14 Aeris Gmbh Active dynamic seating furniture
US10682933B2 (en) 2018-05-16 2020-06-16 Eric Bischoff Adjustable seat suspension assembly
US12075919B2 (en) 2020-06-19 2024-09-03 Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. Foldable chair with reclining and swiveling capabilities
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