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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
May. 20, 2013
Applicant:
Fox Factory, Inc., Watsonville, CA (US);
Inventors:
William M. Becker, Aptos, CA (US);
Brian Lampman, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Assignee:
Fox Factory, Incorporated, Watsonville, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62K 1/00 (2006.01); B62K 17/00 (2006.01); B62M 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A bicycle fork includes a pair of fork leg assemblies, each of the leg assemblies having an upper leg telescopingly engaged with a lower leg. A damping assembly is provided in at least one of the legs. The damping assembly includes lock-out and blow-off compression circuits. These compression circuits are externally adjustable without tools. Furthermore, these two compression circuits may be adjusted independently of each other.