Seat suspension means

Claim 1

IN A BICYCLE HAVING A SEAT AND A FRAME PROVIDED WITH A MAST ELEMENT HAVING A SPLIT END PORTION WITH APERTURED SPACED EARS INTEGRALLY JOINED TO THE ENDS OF SAID SPLIT END PORTION, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISED OF A SUSPENSION MEANS FOR SAID SEAT OPERATIVELY MOUNTED ON THE FRAME OF SAID BICYCLE, SAID SUSPENSION MEANS INCLUDING A CYLINDRICALLY SHAPED INSERT DISPOSED IN THE SPLIT END PORTION OF THE MAST ELEMENT, AN ELONGATED ROD-LIKE SEAT STEM DISPOSED IN SAID MAST ELEMENT IN SLIDABLE TELESCOPIC RELATION TO SAID INSERT, A COMPRESSION SPRING DISPOSED IN SAID MAST ELEMENT, A DOWEL MEANS DISPOSED IN SAID MAST ELEMENT SUPPORTED BY SAID COMPRESSION SPRING, SAID DOWEL BEING OF A LENGTH TO SUPPORT SAID SEAT STEM IN A PREDETERMINED RELATION RELATIVE TO SAID MAST ELEMENT, A MEANS SECURING SAID BICYCLE SEAT SAID SEAT STEM, A TORSION KNEE SPRING MEANS COMPRISING, A SPRING HAVING A GENERALLY V-SHAPED CENTRAL PORTION AND TUBULAR SHAPED EYELETS ON EACH END PORTION OF SAID CENTRAL PORTION, MEANS FOR SECURING ONE END OF SAID V-SHAPED SPRING TO THE TOP OF SAID MAST ELEMENT COMPRISING, TWO FLAT LINK MEANS HAVING APERTURES ADJACENT EACH END THEREOF, FIRST BOLT MEANS DISPOSED IN SAID LINK MEANS AND PROTRUDING EARS OF SAID SPLIT TUBULAR END PORTION OF SAID MAST SECURING SAID LINK MEANS TO SAID MAST, AND A SECOND BOLT MEANS POSITIONED IN THE APERTURES OPPOSITE SAID FIRST MENTIONED APERTURES IN SAID LINK MEANS AND DISPOSED IN ONE OF SAID EYELETS OF SAID SPRING MEANS, A CLAMP ELEMENT, SAID CLAMP ELEMENT HAVING A SPLIT ANNULAR CENTRAL PORTION WITH TWO PROTRUDING GENERALLY PARALLEL SPACED CLAMPING EAR PORTIONS HAVING ALIGNED APERTURES THEREIN INTEGRAL WITH THE SPLIT END PORTIONS OF SAID SPLIT ANNULAR CENTRAL PORTION, BOLT MEANS POSITIONED IN SAID ALIGNED APERTURES, A SPLIT TUBULAR SHAPED ADAPTER DISPOSED ABOUT AND ENGAGING SAID SEAT STEM IN SPACED RELATION TO THE TOP OF SAID MAST ELEMENT, SAID CLAMP MEANS DISPOSED ABOUT SAID SPLIT ADAPTER WITH THE EAR PORTIONS EXTENDING IN A REARWARDLY DIRECTION AND WITH THE SECOND OF SAID EYELETS OF SAID V-SHAPED SPRING POSITIONED ABOUT SAID BOLT MEANS IN SAID CLAMP ELEMENT, SAID SUSPENSION MEANS FOR SAID SEAT ADAPTED TO PROVIDE A RELATIVELY SMOOTH SOFT RIDE WITH THE V-SHAPED SPRING MEANS ACTING IN THE CAPACITY OF A SHOCK ABSORBER AND ALSO A MEANS TO PARTIALLY SUPPORT SAID SEAT.