Travel adjust features for a dropper seatpost assembly
AssigneeFox Factory, Inc.
InventorsThomas Samuel Holaday, Joshua Coaplen
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Abstract
A dropper seatpost assembly is disclosed. The dropper seatpost assembly includes a lower post comprising a travel adjustment bore, an upper post configured to interactively operate with respect to the lower post, and a translating assembly configured to maintain an orientation of the upper post with respect to the lower post. The dropper seatpost assembly includes a first top out path with a first travel length and a second top out path, wherein the second top out path is distinct from the first top out path and wherein the second top out path provides a modified travel length different than the first travel length.
Claims19
A dropper seatpost assembly comprising:
- a lower post, said lower post comprising a travel adjustment bore;
- an upper post configured to interactively operate with respect to said lower post;
- a translating assembly configured to maintain at least one of an axial orientation or a rotational orientation of said upper post with respect to said lower post, or both;
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- a first top out path with a first travel length;
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- a second top out path, wherein said second top out path is distinct from said first top out path and wherein said second top out path provides a modified top out travel length different than said first travel length, wherein said modified top out travel length is less than a maximum top out travel length of said dropper seatpost assembly.
A dropper seatpost assembly comprising:
- a lower post, said lower post comprising a travel adjustment bore;
- an upper post configured to interactively operate with respect to said lower post;
- a translating assembly configured to maintain at least one of an axial orientation or a rotational orientation of said upper post with respect to said lower post, or both;
- at least one contact washer removably disposed in said travel adjustment bore, wherein said at least one contact washer is not required to interact with said translating assembly when no travel adjustment spacer is disposed in said travel adjustment bore;
- a first top out path with a first travel length;
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- a second top out path, wherein said second top out path is distinct from said first top out path and wherein said second top out path provides a modified travel length different than said first travel length.
A dropper seatpost assembly comprising:
- a lower post, said lower post comprising:
- a travel adjustment bore;
- an upper post configured to interactively operate with respect to said lower post;
- a translating assembly configured to maintain at least one of an axial orientation or a rotational orientation of said upper post with respect to said lower post, or both;
- at least one contact washer removably disposed in said travel adjustment bore, wherein said at least one contact washer is not required to interact with said translating assembly when no travel adjustment spacer is disposed in said travel adjustment bore;
- a first top out path with a first travel length, said first top out path comprising:
- a first travel length limiting component coupled with a piston shaft;
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- a second travel length limiting component configured to move relative to said piston shaft, wherein a portion of said first travel length limiting component will interact with a portion of said second travel length limiting component to provide said first travel length of said dropper seatpost assembly;
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- a second top out path, wherein said second top out path is distinct from said first top out path and wherein said second top out path provides a modified travel length less than said first travel length.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.