Child's bicycle seat

Claim 1

An auxiliary bicycle seat apparatus for securement to a bicycle wherein the bicycle includes an elongate horizontal support shaft with a bicycle seat post integrally secured at its rear terminal end, and a steering post integrally secured at the horizontal support shaft's forward end, the apparatus comprising, an elongate seat support shaft including a slot formed coextensively and coaxially parallel through an exterior wall of the seat support shaft, wherein the slot defines opposing side edges in the exterior wall of the seat support shaft, and including a seat integrally formed adjacent a rear end of the seat support shaft diametrically opposed to the slot, shaft diametrically opposed to the slot, and clamping means for securement of the seat support shaft in surrounding relationship to the horizontal support shaft of the bicycle between the steering post and the seat post, and a plurality of spaced parallel flanges integrally and orthogonally formed to the seat support shaft onto the opposing side edges of the slot, and a foot peg bracket adjustably mounted to each external surface of each flange, and a foot peg mounted to each terminal end of each foot peg bracket, and wherein the elongate seat support is cylindrical and includes a resilient cushioning sleeve laminated to an interior surface of the seat support, and wherein the clamping means includes a first clamping portion including spaced arcuate legs integrally secured to a forward end of the seat support and coaxial with the steering post, and each arcuate leg includes a securement leg extending orthogonally of each arcuate leg and coextensive with the seat support, and each securement leg includes an aligned through-extending aperture to receive a first fastener therethrough to secure the arcuate legs about the steering post, and wherein the clamping means further includes a plurality of rear tabs integrally and orthogonally secured to either side of the slot adjacent a rear end of the seat support and includes further trough-extending aperture to receive a second fastener therethrough to clamp the seat support at its rear terminal end, and wherein each of the flanges includes a yet further through-extending aperture aligned with one another therethrough for receiving a third fastener therethrough wherein the third fastener is oriented adjacent the seat support, and wherein each of the flanges includes a hexagonal opening, wherein each hexagonal opening is aligned with one another and is oriented adjacent a lowermost end of each flange, and each hexagonal opening is configured to receive a fourth fastener formed with a hexagonal shank of complementary configuration to each hexagonal opening.