US 12,269,548 B2
Travel adjust system for dropper seatposts
Thomas Samuel Holaday, Arden, NC (US); and Joshua Coaplen, Asheville, NC (US)
Assigned to Fox Factory, Inc., Duluth, GA (US)
Filed by Fox Factory, Inc., Duluth, GA (US)
Filed on Jan. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/099,938.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/369,891, filed on Jul. 29, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/301,900, filed on Jan. 21, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0234661 A1, Jul. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. B62J 1/06 (2006.01)
CPC B62J 1/06 (2013.01) 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A travel adjustable 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 one or both of an axial orientation and a rotational orientation of said upper post with respect to said lower post; and
at least one travel adjustment spacer removably coupled with said travel adjustment bore, said at least one travel adjustment spacer to interact with said translating assembly to reduce a travel distance of said interactive operation of said upper post with respect to said lower post; and
at least one contact washer coupled with said travel adjustment bore, said at least one contact washer to interact with said translating assembly to reduce a travel distance of said upper post with respect to said lower post, wherein said translating assembly comprises:
at least one top-out pin coupled with one of said upper post or said lower post; and
at least one pin groove coupled with the other of said upper post or said lower post.