ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,548, issued on April 8, was assigned to Fox Factory Inc. (Duluth, Ga.).
"Travel adjust system for dropper seatposts" 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 and an upper post configured to interactively operate with respect to the lower post. The dropper seatpost assembly also includes a translating assembly configured to maintain one or both of an axial orientation and a rotational orientation of the upper post with respect to ...