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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Brent T. Graves, Woodland Hills, CA (US);
James C. Rathbun, Burbank, CA (US);
Assignee:
Answer Products, Inc., Valencia, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 5/00 ; F16F 9/00 ; B62K 2/508 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 5/00 ; F16F 9/00 ; B62K 2/508 ;
Abstract
A front suspension fork for cycles includes an inverted U-shaped reversed arch having downwardly extending legs that are integral with the upper ends of the outer sections of the telescopic fork, thereby to define a rigid unitary slider component fork. The reversed arch is inclined rearwardly at an acute angle relative to the vertical plane of the fork. Strengthening mass portions extend forwardly from the lower ends of the arch between the inner fork sections, thereby to increase the rigidity of the slider component without interfering with brake operation.