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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7828378 | Bicycle seat A bicycle seat includes a seat base and a bladder assembly mounted to the seat base. The bladder assembly includes an inner bladder surrounded by an outer bladder and at least partially ringed by a ring bladder. Each bladder can be filled to a desired pressure for a... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7648198 | Adjustable seat cushion An adjustable seat cushion for use on a support surface such as the seat of a motorcycle. The seat cushion is cellular and laterally spreadable inwardly or outwardly depending on the space between the ischial tuberosities of a user seated on the cushion for improved... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7455355 | User adjustable motorcycle seat cushion with independently inflatable and deflatable ischial support cell and gluteous support cell The invention is an inflatable seat cushion. The cushion includes inflatable cells, a pump, a flow control valve and tubing. The cells include at least one inflatable and deflatable first cell configured and arranged to support the ischial tuberosity bones of a huma... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7448676 | Dynamic seat with inflatable bladder A novel and unique bicycle seat for a rider includes a base having a base top surface with an inflatable bladder having a bladder top surface. The inflatable bladder is disposed on the base top surface and the base top surface and the bladder top surface together fo... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7393051 | Seat with adjustable omnidirectional suspension A seat includes a bladder assembly having a plurality of pneumatic bladders arranged one within another. The compressibility of each pneumatic bladder is based at least in part on a pressure within the pneumatic bladder, and/or on a thickness of an outer layer that ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7328943 | Adjustable storage seat for recreation and utility vehicles An adjustable storage seat for recreation and utility vehicles is disclosed. The adjustable storage seat may be used for snowmobiles, watercraft, all-terrain vehicles, or other similar small vehicle intended for entertainment and transportation. The adjustable stora... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7159936 | Enhanced-comfort cycle saddle construction An enhanced-comfort cycle saddle construction comprises a substantially rigid saddle framework including fasteners for coupling the saddle to the saddler pillar and coated by an outer coating layer, between the saddle framework and outer coating layer one or more ge... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7146660 | Patient support pad with repositionable pressure source An apparatus for supporting a patient includes a pad having a first side, a second side, and a fluid chamber configured to receive fluid under pressure. The apparatus also has a pressure source operable to deliver pressurized fluid to the fluid chamber and a pouch c... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7114783 | Specialized seating apparatus The present invention provides a seating apparatus having an adjustable level of firmness. The seating apparatus comprises a base, an inflatable element arranged on the base, and a cover covering the inflatable element. Access means in communication with the inflata... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7093898 | Portable air-pressure applying assembly for seats An air-pressure applying assembly for a seat, having an occupant holding portion, for selectively applying a desired pressure to the body of a seat occupant. This assembly includes an air-bag assembly, an air-pressure source, an inlet-conduit assembly, an exhaust va... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7093894 | Bicycle saddle having pneumatic cushions A bicycle saddle includes a saddle shell, a frame and two pneumatic cushions. The saddle shell has a relatively narrower front end and a relatively wider rear end. The frame has a relatively narrower front end connected to a bottom side of the front end of the saddl... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7059672 | Bicycle seat A bicycle seat assembly includes a tubular seat post having an upper serrated surface, a threaded aperture formed in the upper serrated surface and aligned with a longitudinal axis of the tubular seat post, a saddle support structure having a lower serrated surface ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7055900 | Support structure for a vehicle A ventilated support structure for a vehicle, such as a bicycle, comprises a seat surface supported on a rigid or semi-rigid frame. The seat surface having a slot extending along the top surface of the support structure. The slot has at least one opening disposed th... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7032261 | Patient transfer apparatus A transfer device is provided for transferring a patient from a first support surface to an adjacent second support surface. The device includes a plurality of elongated side-by-side first bladders arranged to be placed under the patient on the first support surface... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7011287 | Motor vehicle pinch valve A pinch valve for automotive applications, wherein the pinch valve comprises a flexible hose, an extension seat cradling the flexible hose, a pinching extension aligned opposite the extension seat on the outside of the flexible hose, and a valve actuator that is ope... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6966233 | Dual interdigitated chamber seat bladder for occupant position and weight estimation An occupant position and weight estimation apparatus includes an elastomeric seat bladder having physically isolated central and peripheral fluid-filled chambers corresponding to central and peripheral areas of the seat. The fluid pressure in the peripheral chamber ... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6942291 | Bicycle saddle A bicycle saddle includes a rigid/semi-rigid shell functioning as a supporting structure for the bicycle saddle. A covering is disposed on the shell and attached thereto, with a padding between the shell and the covering. The padding comprise a cushion made of a res... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6860552 | Bicycle saddle A saddle, specifically designed for bicycles, comprises a framework (2) to be coupled to a supporting element and a padding element (3), thereon a user will seat, the saddle being characterized in that it comprises a cushion element (4), includi... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6860551 | Saddle structure for vehicles A saddle structure for vehicles includes a saddle, a spongy mass mounted on top of the saddle thereof, and an outer leather layer wherein the spongy mass has an elastic reinforcing area disposed therein which, designed according to the ergonomics, is made up of two ... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6629728 | Support structure for a vehicle A ventilated support structure for a vehicle, such as a bicycle, comprising an upper side having a seat surface which is supported on a rigid or semi-rigid frame on which is anchored elastically flexible padding there between. The support structure may fu... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6547327 | Breathable cushion A breathable cushion includes a base sheet having a circumference in a matrix of openings therethrough along with a cover sheet having a matrix of openings aligned with the base sheet openings and sealed to the base sheet along the base sheet circumferenc... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6305743 | Pneumatic bicycle seat assembly The pneumatic bicycle seat assembly of the present invention has an exterior covering, a bracket being a rod of suitable size bent at the center to form an eye, with each of two leg portions extending rearward in mirror image fashion. A base attaches to a... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6135550 | Bicycle seat A bicycle seat that includes a foam seat cushion member having an inflatable edge cushion provided around the back and side edges of an upper cushion surface thereof and a centrally positioned dual lobe inflatable buttocks cushion.... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6086151 | Chair apparatus with resilient support member The device concerns a chair (10), which includes an at least partly resilient seat part (12). The seat part (12) of the chair is provided with support elements (14, 15) placed at both sides of the imaginary longitudinal and vertical centre plane (A) of th... | 07/11/2000 |
| 5975629 | Vehicle seat with inflatable bladder A vehicle seat having a bladder with more than two inflatable chambers and an integral control flap, all of one piece, integral construction. To maximize inflatable volume of each chamber, each chamber preferably has a sidewall portion that is generally p... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5738406 | Air, gel or water filled bicycle seat A custom fitted seat having internal fluid compartments whose fluid pressure may be adjusted. Each compartment is in fluid communication with adjoining compartments through a system of one-way valves. There also are release or relief valves in each compar... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5670232 | Method for manufacturing integral elastic supports, and supports obtained with this method A method for manufacturing integral elastic supports formed by an upper covering (2), by an intermediate filler (3) and by a semirigid shell (4) entails the use of a mold with a hollow lower part, a flat upper part, and at least one intermediate plate. Th... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5419612 | Inflatable seat assembly An inflatable bicycle seat or cover therefor having a plurality of independently inflatable cell assemblies, each of which is made up of one or more inflatable cells. The cell assemblies are connected to a fluid source so that the user can selectively adj... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5330249 | Cushion for absorbing shock, damping vibration and distributing pressure There is disclosed a cushion for absorbing energy to dampen vibration, distribute pressure and absorb shock. The cushion has a deformable polyurethane bladder which defines a chamber adapted to contain a fluid, such as air. A piece of viscoelastic materia... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5244251 | Pneumatic seat for bicycle and method of manufacture A air filled hollow seat has a relatively flexible top portion and a relatively rigid bottom support portion. The bottom support portion is integrally formed to the seat. An air inlet permits the injection of air, under pressure, into the interior of the ... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5121962 | Cushion for absorbing shock damping vibration and distributing pressure There is disclosed a cushion for absorbing energy to dampen vibration, distribute pressure and absorb shock. The cushion has a deformable polyurethane bladder which defines a chamber adapted to contain a fluid, such as air. A piece of viscoelastic materia... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5020852 | Bicycle seat An apparatus including a saddle arrangement, including a flexible top surface of a generally kidney shaped configuration, with an arcuate side wall depending downwardly therefrom mounted to a rigid floor. Captured therebetween is a relatively thick cushio... | 06/04/1991 |
| 4504089 | Liquid-cushioned bicycle seat A liquid-cushioned bicycle seat comprising a liquid impervious bladder divided into a saddle compartment and a pummel compartment which are hydrostatically isolated from one another so that differing hydrostatic pressures may be maintained in each respect... | 03/12/1985 |
