Bicycle seat

Claim 1

A bicycle or adult tricycle saddle-type seat without a forward extending pommel or nose comprising a flexible seat cover, a seat cushion, a rigid seat shell, springs, and a strut structure wherein said seat shell supports and is adhered to on its outer surfaces said seat cushion, has a generally four-sided perimeter in which the lateral dimensions are greater than the front-to-back dimensions, the has indented ridges in its underside extending from front to back and has an integral skirt extending downward around its perimeter; said seat cushion is a foam polymer having its underside shaped to conform to and fit snugly on the outer surfaces of said shell and be adhered thereto wherein the outer surface of the cushion has a top and an integral perimeter skirt extending downward so that the top-to-bottom dimension of the front is greater than the top-to-bottom dimension of the back, and in which on the top thereof are two concave depressions in the front portion with a rounded convex sagital ridge therebetween and two concave depressions in the back thereof with a rounded convex sagital ridge therebetween, said back depressions being deeper than said front depressions and said back sagital ridge being shallower than said front sagital ridge; said seat cover is shaped to fit snugly over the outer surfaces of said cushion and is permanently or removably attached thereto; said springs are attached at their top to the front underside of said shell and at their bottom to said strut structure having extended therefrom a pair of struts which are pivotally attached to the rear underside of said shell.