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Adjustable height shock absorbing bicycle seat mounting assembly

  • US 5,829,733 A
  • Filed: 11/29/1996
  • Issued: 11/03/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/29/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A shock absorbing and adjustable height bicycle seat mounting assembly for installation onto a bicycle frame vertical seat support member for supporting a bicycle seat thereon, said mounting assembly comprising:

  • a seat supporting guide tube movably supported within bushing means with said guide tube and said bushing means mutually configured for axial sliding but non-rotational movement of said guide tube within said bushing means,said guide tube containing a longitudinally extending internal bore and having a top end adapted for mounting a bicycle seat thereon,means for supporting said bushing means from and laterally offset from an upper portion of the bicycle frame vertical seat support member with said guide tube contained in said bushing means vertically depending therefrom in juxtaposition of the bicycle frame vertical seat support member,a gas spring having an actuator and a piston rod along which said gas spring is operable for length adjusting axial movement in length adjusting and length locking modes upon operation of said actuator,a hollow receiver containing said gas spring for sliding axial movement therewithin with a lower end of said gas spring piston rod affixed to said receiver,means for attaching said hollow receiver onto a lower portion of the bicycle frame vertical seat support member in juxtaposition therefrom with said contained gas spring axially aligned with and having an upper portion engaging a lower end of said vertically depending guide tube,a push rod slidably contained within said guide tube bore for axial sliding movement therewithin between an upper position removed from operable contact with said gas spring actuator and a lower position in operable contact with said gas spring actuator andmeans connected to said push rod for moving said push rod longitudinally of said guide tube bore between said upper and lower positions.

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