US Patent Issued to Fox Factory on March 25 for "Offset bushings and alignment features of a dropper seatpost assembly" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,085, issued on March 25, was assigned to Fox Factory Inc. (Duluth, Ga.).

"Offset bushings and alignment features of a dropper seatpost assembly" was invented by Joshua Coaplen (Asheville, N.C.) and John Ralph Kiffmeyer (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 and an upper post configured to telescopically move with respect to the lower post. The dropper seatpost assembly also includes a translating mechanism configured to maintain an orientation such as a lateral orientation, a rotational orientation, or both a lateral orientation an...