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US 8,740,239 B2Granted
Bicycle sliding dropout
AssigneeAlto Designs, LLC
InventorWayne R. Lumpkin
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Abstract
A bicycle sliding dropout comprising a splitting body and a slider slidably engaging the splitting body. The splitting body comprises an inner body and an outer body, the inner and outer bodies being configured to abut each other vertically and matingly engage via a mechanical interface.
Claims16
A bicycle sliding dropout comprising:
- a slider, the slider comprising an axle receptacle;
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- a splitting body, the splitting body comprising a first body part and a second body part, the first body part and the second body part each having a vertical face abutting a vertical face of the other, the vertical faces of the first body part and the second body part being releasably secured to each other, the splitting body and the slider being configured for slidable engagement relative to one another when operatively associated, so that the slider may slide fore and aft relative to the splitting body;
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- at least one screw radially spaced from the axle receptacle configured to secure the slider in a select position fore and aft relative to the splitting body and to releasably secure the vertical faces of the first and second body parts to each other by compressing the slider and first and second body parts together.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.