Abstract: A ventilated saddle for bicycles, motorcycles and/or other pedal driven machines, including, from bottom to top, a substantially rigid shell with a top surface shaped to support the user's body, a padding layer superimposed to the shell, a covering layer superimposed to the padding layer and designed to come into contact with the user's body. The shell has a first series of holes and the covering layer is made as a net or transpiring fabric. Connection members connect the shell to a bicycle, motorcycle and/or a pedal driven machine. The first series of holes is distributed over the entire surface of the shell, and the padding layer is a pad of elastically yielding material having a second series of holes at least partially aligned with the holes of the first series to increase the comfort of the user while seated and to promote the passage of air from the lower side of the shell to the covering layer and to the surface in contact with the user's body.

Abstract: A locking device (1) for a vehicle seat, particularly for a motor vehicle seat, has a housing (5), a catch (11) mounted in a movable manner on the housing (5) for locking with a mating element (B). At least one safety element (25, 31) is provided for securing the catch (11) in the locked state and can be moved relative to the catch (11) for unlocking the locking device (1). A query device (40) queries the locking state of the locking device (1) and has at least one transducer (41, 42) and at least one sensor (43). The query device (40) is designed in a contactless manner. The transducer (41, 42) and the sensor (43) interact with each other due to the relative positioning and/or movement thereof.