US 12,258,085 B2
Offset bushings and alignment features of a dropper seatpost assembly
Joshua Coaplen, Asheville, NC (US); and John Ralph Kiffmeyer, Asheville, NC (US)
Assigned to Fox Factory, Inc., Duluth, GA (US)
Filed by Fox Factory, Inc., Duluth, GA (US)
Filed on Aug. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/239,980.
Application 18/239,980 is a continuation of application No. 17/332,868, filed on May 27, 2021, granted, now 11,745,817.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/031,334, filed on May 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0406431 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. B62J 1/08 (2006.01)
CPC B62J 1/08 (2013.01) [B62J 2001/085 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dropper seatpost assembly comprising:
a first post;
a second post configured to telescopically move with respect to said first post; and
a translating mechanism configured to maintain an orientation of said second post with respect to said first post when said second post telescopically moves with respect to said first 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 slot located at a first location axially along said second post;
a first pin located on said first post, said first pin oriented to interact with said first slot;
at least a second slot located at a second location axially along said second post, said second location vertically offset from said first location; and
at least a second pin located on said first post, said second pin oriented to interact with said at least said second slot.