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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 1993
Filed:
Jan. 16, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ronald W Kerr, St. Charles, IL (US);
Assignee:
Miner Enterprises, Inc., Geneva, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62K / ; F16F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
280285 ; 2671411 ; 267153 ; 267294 ;
Abstract
A suspension device employed between the rear wheel and the frame of a mountain bike. A lever arm pivoted to the frame carries the rear wheel at one end and the suspension device at the other. The rear wheel portion of the lever arm is about four times as long as is the suspension device portion. The suspension device includes a hollow elongated elastomeric spring carrying an aluminum telescoping portion. The telescoping portion supports the elastomer while allowing reciprocating movement along a major axis, but not allowing any rotational movement around that same axis.