Bicycle saddle with vibrating massager

Abstract

An improved bicycle saddle having a shell which supports at least one battery operated vibrator. When the vibrator is energized, its vibration causes the shell and therefore the bicycle seat to vibrate. The vibrator has an on/off switch so that it may be turned on periodically by the rider to improve the comfort of the bicycle saddle. The bicycle saddle is preferably supported by a rail which has two arms which extend from the front of the underside of the shell to near the back of the shell. A bearing is affixed about the end of each of the arms so that the arms may move inwardly and outwardly along the underside of the shell as the shell is flexed. The shell preferably has a central, angled valley and the saddle is flexible to provide further comfort.

I claim:  
     
         1 . An improved bicycle saddle having a shell, said shell having an upper surface supporting a pad and a lower surface supporting a rail which holds the saddle to a bicycle wherein the improvement comprises: 
 at least one battery operated vibrator supported by said shell, said at least one battery operated vibrator being supported by said shell so that when the vibrator vibrates, the vibration of the vibrator is transferred to the shell and causes the bicycle saddle to vibrate.    
     
     
         2 . The improved bicycle saddle of  claim 1  wherein said shell has a central, longitudinal axis and said improved bicycle saddle has one battery operated vibrator affixed to said shell on its central, longitudinal axis.  
     
     
         3 . The improved bicycle saddle of  claim 1  wherein said battery operated has a manually operated switch electrically connected to said battery operated vibrator to turn said vibrator on and off.  
     
     
         4 . The improved bicycle saddle of  claim 3  wherein said manually operated switch is positioned on the lower surface of said shell near a front end thereof.  
     
     
         5 . The improved bicycle saddle of  claim 1  wherein said battery operated vibrator has a motor having a rotating output shaft and said rotating output shaft has an eccentrically mounted weight held thereon whereby the energizing of said motor causes said rotating output shaft to rotate, causing said eccentrically mounted weight to turn and causing said motor to vibrate.  
     
     
         6 . The improved bicycle saddle of  claim 5  wherein said output shaft rotates at least 3,000 RPM when energized.  
     
     
         7 . The improved bicycle saddle of  claim 1  wherein said shell has a central bisecting longitudinal axis dividing the shell into a right half and a left half and an upper surface of said right half of said shell being formed at an angle of from about—degrees to about—degrees from the horizontal and the left half of said shell being formed at an angle of from about degrees to about—degrees from the horizontal.  
     
     
         8 . The improved bicycle saddle of  claim 7  wherein a lower surface of said right half of said shell being formed at an angle of from about—degrees to about degrees from the horizontal and the left half of said shell being formed at an angle of from about—degrees to about—degrees from the horizontal.  
     
     
         9 . The improved bicycle saddle of  claim 8  wherein said rail is generally U-shaped and is oriented so that a base of said U-shaped rail is affixed adjacent a forward edge of said shell and two arms of said U-shaped rail extend rearwardly to a right and a left rear terminus under said shell and support said shell through a pair of bearings affixed one bearing being affixed about each arm near its terminus whereby the bearings provide vertical support against the lower surface of said shell while allowing the bearings to move inwardly or outwardly on said lower surface as said shell flexes.  
     
     
         10 . An improved bicycle saddle having a shell, said shell having an upper surface supporting a pad and a lower surface supporting a rail which holds the saddle to a bicycle wherein the improvement comprises: 
 said shell having a central bisecting longitudinal axis dividing the shell into a right half and a left half and an upper and a lower surface of said right half of said shell adjacent said longitudinal axis being angled upwardly at an angle of from about 25 degrees to about 35 degrees from the horizontal and the upper and lower surface of said left half of said shell adjacent said longitudinal axis being angled upwardly at an angle of from about 25 degrees to about 35 degrees from the horizontal and wherein said rail is generally U-shaped and is oriented so that a base of said U-shaped rail is affixed adjacent a forward edge of said shell and two arms of said U-shaped rail extend rearwardly with respect to said saddle to a right and a left rear terminus under said shell and said two arms support said shell through a pair of bearings affixed to said rail, each of said bearings having an outer rotatable ring, one bearing being affixed about each arm near its terminus whereby the outer rotatable ring of each of said bearings provide vertical support against the lower surface of said shell while allowing the bearings to move inwardly or outwardly on said lower surface as said shell flexes. whereby when a rider sits on the saddle the right and left halves of said saddle flex downwardly about said bisecting longitudinal axis.    
     
     
         11 . The improved bicycle saddle of  claim 10  wherein the lower surface of said shell having a pair of bearing stops extending downwardly from said shell and positioned to limit the outward movement of said bearings.