Offset bushings and alignment features of a dropper seatpost assembly
AssigneeFox Factory, Inc.
InventorsJoshua COAPLEN, John Ralph KIFFMEYER
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Abstract
A dropper seatpost assembly is disclosed. The dropper seatpost assembly includes a lower post and an upper post configured to telescopically move with respect to the lower post. The dropper seatpost assembly also includes a translating mechanism configured to maintain an orientation such as a lateral orientation, a rotational orientation, or both a lateral orientation and a rotational orientation of the upper post with respect to the lower post as the upper post telescopically moves with respect to the lower post, the translating mechanism comprising two or more vertically offset features.
Claims1
A dropper seatpost assembly comprising:
- a lower post;
- an upper post configured to telescopically move with respect to said lower post;
- and
- a translating mechanism configured to maintain an orientation of said upper post with respect to said lower post when said upper post telescopically moves with respect to said lower post, said translating mechanism comprising two or more vertically offset features, said orientation selected from the group consisting of a lateral orientation and a rotational orientation, wherein said two or more vertically offset features of said translating mechanism comprise:
- a first semicircular bushing located at a first location axially along said upper post;
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- at least a second semicircular bushing located at a second location axially along said upper post, said second location vertically offset from said first location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.