ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,133, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Fox Factory Inc. (Duluth, Ga.).
"Travel adjust features for a dropper seatpost assembly" was invented by Thomas Samuel Holaday (Arden, N.C.) and Joshua Coaplen (Asheville, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dropper seatpost assembly is disclosed. The dropper seatpost assembly includes a lower post comprising a travel adjustment bore, an upper post configured to interactively operate with respect to the lower post, and a translating assembly configured to maintain an orientation of the upper post with respect to the lower post. The dropper seatpost assembly includes a first top out path wit...