Bicycle saddle support

Claim 1

Adjustable saddle support for supporting bicycle saddles and the like, of the type in which means for supporting a saddle in an adjustable position and removably locking its frame, are associated with a head formed in one piece with, and at the top of a pillar for insertion into the saddle tube of a bicycle frame, in which said means are engaged with said head by way of two pairs of complementary conical surfaces, said head comprises at its top two lateral tracks, formed from spaced-apart opposing portions of conical surfaces having a common axis, which surfaces bestow on it a wedge-like configuration, said saddle support means comprise: a cross support, with a lower central seat adapted to mate with the upper wedge part of said head and to slide, with two conical surfaces which bound it laterally, on conical surface tracks of the head, so as to oscillate about the common axis of said tracks, and a pair of upper lateral seats, parallel to said lower seat and adapted to house the saddle frame elements to be locked; and a locking stirrup, comprising two lower lateral parallel seats adapted to co-operate with the upper lateral seats of the cross support, for housing said saddle frame elements, the stirrup being pressed on to the support, and the stirrup-and-support unit being in turn pressed on to the head by a single coupling member.