Headset spacer unit and steering assembly equipped therewith
AssigneeCane Creek Cycling Components, Inc.
InventorsRobert Wayne Tison, Thomas W. Reeder
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Abstract
A headset spacer unit and a steering assembly equipped therewith in which the headset spacer unit is formed of a plurality of annular spacers, each of which has a configuration at top and bottom sides thereof which is shaped to enable a bottom side of each of the plurality of spacer to make an interlocking engagement with a top side of another of said plurality of annular spacers in a manner preventing relative radial movement between the spacers. In the steering assembly, advantageously, a highest component of the headset and a bottom surface of the handle bar stem have a complementary configuration for engaging with the configuration of a respective side of the spacer unit.
Claims21
Headset spacer unit comprising a plurality of annular spacers, each of the spacers having a configuration at top and bottom sides thereof which is shaped to enable a bottom side of each of the plurality of spacer to make an interlocking engagement with a top side of another of said plurality of annular spacers in a manner preventing relative radial movement therebetween.
Steering assembly comprising a headset, a handlebar stem and a headset spacer unit, wherein said headset spacer unit comprises a plurality of annular spacers, each of the spacers having a configuration at top and bottom sides thereof which is shaped to enable a bottom side of each of the plurality of spacer to make an interlocking engagement with a top side of another of said plurality of annular spacers in a manner preventing relative radial movement therebetween;
- and wherein a highest component of the headset and a bottom surface of said handle bar stem have a complementary configuration for engaging with the configuration of a respective side of the spacers.
Steering assembly comprising a headset, a handlebar stem and means for interlocking a handlebar stem and a highest component of the headset in a manner preventing relative radial movement between the handlebar stem and the highest component of the headset.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.