Bicycle Saddle

Abstract

A bicycle saddle includes a saddle shell. A saddle frame is arranged on a lower side of the saddle shell. A saddle cushion is arranged on the upper side of the saddle shell. The saddle cushion comprises at least two cushion elements. Further, a cover layer is provided whose edge region is arranged between the cushion elements in the region of a saddle edge.

Claims

1. A bicycle saddle comprising a saddle shell, a saddle frame arranged on a lower side of the saddle shell, a saddle cushion arranged on an upper side of the saddle shell, and a cover layer spanning the saddle cushion, wherein the saddle cushion comprises at least two cushion elements overlapping each other at least in parts of a saddle edge, wherein at the saddle edge, where the at least two cushion elements overlap each other, an edge region of the cover layer is arranged between the at least two cushion elements.

2. The bicycle saddle of claim 1, wherein one of the at least two cushion elements comprises a protrusion at the saddle edge, wherein the protrusion protrudes into a recess of the other cushion element.

3. The bicycle saddle of claim 2, wherein the protrusion is provided on a lower cushion element that is directed towards the saddle shell, wherein the lower cushion element is connected to the upper side of the saddle shell.

4. The bicycle saddle of claim 2, wherein the protrusion comprises a visible outer side.

5. The bicycle saddle of claim 2, wherein the recess is open towards an outer side of the bicycle saddle.

6. The bicycle saddle of claim 2, wherein the protrusion extends in the circumferential direction of the saddle edge.

7. The bicycle saddle of claim 2, wherein the cover layer rests on an upper side of the protrusion.

8. The bicycle saddle of claim 7, wherein the cover layer rests on an inner side of the protrusion.

9. The bicycle saddle of claim 2, wherein the protrusion have a width of 3 to 20 mm.

10. The bicycle saddle of claim 1, wherein a lower cushion element covers all of the upper side of the saddle shell.

11. The bicycle saddle of claim 1, wherein an upper cushion element covers all of a lower cushion element.

12. The bicycle saddle of claim 1, wherein at least one of the at least two cushion elements comprises a particle foam.

13. The bicycle saddle of claim 1, wherein a material of the lower cushion element is moisture-repellent.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0033] In the Figures:

[0034] FIG. 1 shows a schematic top plan view on a bicycle saddle,

[0035] FIG. 2 is a schematic side view of the bicycle saddle shown in FIG. 1,

[0036] FIG. 3 is a schematic sectional view along the line III-III in FIG. 1,

[0037] FIG. 4 shows a first preferred embodiment of the edge region of the bicycle saddle in an upscaled view X in FIG. 3 and

[0038] FIG. 5 shows a second preferred embodiment of the edge region of the bicycle saddle in an upscaled view X in FIG. 3.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0039] In top plan view (FIG. 1), a bicycle saddle comprises a sitting region 10 adjoined by a central region 12. The central region 12 passes into the saddle tip 14. Here, the saddle tip 14 is narrower in shape and the sitting region 10 is wider so that the greatest part of the weight of the bicycle is received in the sitting region in particular via the sitbones. The bicycle saddle is formed symmetric with respect to a central axis 16 that extends in the longitudinal direction 51.

[0040] A lower side 22 of a bicycle saddle is connected to a saddle frame 18 (FIG. 2). The embodiment of the saddle frame 18 illustrated comprises in particular two stays extending essentially in the longitudinal direction of the saddle. In a central region 20 of the two stays of the saddle frame 18, the same can be connected to the saddle post via a fastening element. Of course, it is also possible to fasten the saddle to the saddle post in another way.

[0041] The saddle of the disclosure comprises a saddle shell 24 made of a relatively rigid material, wherein the saddle frame 18 is connected to the lower side 12 thereof (FIG. 3). A saddle cushion 28 is arranged on an upper side 26 of the saddle shell 24. In the embodiment illustrated the saddle cushion 28 comprises a lower cushion element 30 as well as an upper cushion element 32. In the embodiment illustrated the lower cushion element 30 covers the entire upper side 26 of the saddle shell 24. Further, the upper cushion element 32 covers all of the surface of an upper side 34 of the lower cushion element 30.

[0042] Further, an upper side of the upper cushion element 32 is spanned with a cover layer 36. The edge region 38 of the cover layer 36 is arranged in the region of a saddle edge 40 between the two cushion elements 30, 32.

[0043] Two different embodiments of this region are illustrated in an upscaled view X in FIGS. 4 and 5.

[0044] In the first preferred embodiment (FIG. 4), the lower cushion element 30 comprises a protrusion 42. With respect to the saddle shell 24, the protrusion extends upward or away from the same. The upper cushion element 32 correspondingly comprises a recess 44 formed complementarily to the protrusion 42. The cover layer 36 is guided around an outer side of the upper cushion element 32 oriented to the left in FIG. 4, the edge region 38 of the cover layer being arranged between the two cushion elements 30, 32 in the region of the protrusion 42 or the recess 44, respectively. An outer side 46 of the lower cushion element 32 is thus visible.

[0045] In the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 5, the design of the protrusion and of the recess are inverted with respect to the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 4. Correspondingly, the upper cushion element 32 comprises a protrusion 48 protruding into a correspondingly complementary form/recess 50 of the lower cushion element 30. The edge region 38 of the cover layer 36 is again arranged between the two cushion elements in the region of the saddle edge 40. An outer side 46, which in the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 5 has a lesser height than in the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 4, is again visible.

[0046] Preferably, a width of the protrusions 42, 48, as well as of the width 44, 50 in the region of the saddle edge according to the sectional view in FIGS. 4 and 5 is 3 to 20 mm, in particular 5 mm to 10 mm.

[0047] The edge region 38 of the cover layer 36 is preferably designed to extend circumferentially around the entire saddle edge and are substantially formed identically, so that the edge region 38 and the cover layer 36 is always arranged between the two cushion elements 30, 32.

[0048] On the one hand, the edge region 38 of the cover layer 36 can rest on the upper side of the corresponding protrusion 42, 48 and can possibly rest, in addition, on an inner side 52, 54 of the protrusion 42 and 48, respectively.