Adjustable drop
AssigneeASC Engineered Solutions, LLC
InventorsOdair Dafonseca, Joseph Beagen
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Abstract
An adjustable drop includes an inner casing, the inner casing comprising: a distal end; a proximal end opposite the distal end, the proximal end comprising a shouldered segment; and a threaded segment between the distal end and the proximal end, the threaded segment starting at the shouldered segment and extending along the inner casing towards the distal end, the shouldered segment defining an outer radius that is greater than an outer radius of the threaded segment; and an outer casing surrounding the inner casing, the inner casing and the outer casing including corresponding threading to permit rotation between the inner casing and the outer casing to adjust an axial height, along a lengthwise axis of the adjustable drop, of the inner casing.
Claims13
An adjustable drop comprising:
- an inner casing, the inner casing comprising:
- a distal end;
- a proximal end opposite the distal end, the proximal end comprising a shouldered segment;
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- a threaded segment between the distal end and the proximal end, the threaded segment starting at the shouldered segment and extending along the inner casing towards the distal end, the shouldered segment defining an outer radius that is greater than an outer radius of the threaded segment;
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- an outer casing surrounding the inner casing, the inner casing and the outer casing including corresponding threading to permit rotation of the inner casing with respect to the outer casing to adjust an axial height, along a lengthwise axis of the adjustable drop, of the inner casing,
- wherein the proximal end and the distal end of the inner casing have openings aligned with a longitudinal axis through the outer casing.
An integral hub and drop assembly comprising:
- a bracket hub;
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- an adjustable drop integrally formed as one piece with the bracket hub, the adjustable drop defining a lengthwise axis, the adjustable drop having openings at distal and proximal ends that align with the lengthwise axis;
- wherein the bracket hub defines an inverted U-shaped opening offset outboardingly to a first side of the lengthwise axis, the inverted U-shaped opening configured to receive a bracket bar, and wherein the bracket hub further defines a U-shaped side opening transverse to the inverted U-shaped opening, the adjustable drop extending through the U-shaped side opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.