US 12,330,739 B2
Non-uniform steerer tube or fork leg
William O. Brown, IV, Hendersonville, NC (US); Daniel McCormick, Santa Cruz, CA (US); Joshua Coaplen, Asheville, NC (US); and Christopher Otterness, Asheville, NC (US)
Assigned to Fox Factory, Inc., Duluth, GA (US)
Filed by Fox Factory, Inc., Duluth, GA (US)
Filed on Sep. 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/369,356.
Application 18/369,356 is a continuation of application No. 17/708,844, filed on Mar. 30, 2022, granted, now 11,760,437.
Application 17/708,844 is a continuation of application No. 16/692,923, filed on Nov. 22, 2019, granted, now 11,292,550, issued on Apr. 5, 2022.
Application 16/692,923 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/659,272, filed on Oct. 21, 2019, granted, now 11,305,834, issued on Apr. 19, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/751,929, filed on Oct. 29, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0124090 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. B62K 21/04 (2006.01); B62K 21/02 (2006.01)
CPC B62K 21/04 (2013.01) [B62K 21/02 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fork assembly comprising:
a fork leg; and
a crown, wherein said fork leg is coupled to said crown, wherein said fork leg is structurally designed to provide additional support for said fork leg along only at least one direction which is subjected to greater stress during a use of said fork leg, said fork leg having an outer surface of a uniform diameter, wherein a thickness of said fork leg is uniform at each end of any diameter formed along an axial length of said fork leg.