Adjustable height seat post

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10479431
APP PUB NO 20180001953A1
SERIAL NO

15543429

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An adjustable height seat post including supporting means connectable to a bicycle frame, a quill associated with said supporting means and having a head suitable to clamp rails of a bicycle saddle, hydraulic adjusting means, associated with said supporting means, for lifting or lowering said quill in a desired position selected by the user, said hydraulic adjusting means including a cylindrical chamber inside which a piston assembly is foreseen, and valve means, suitable to selectively open or close an hydraulic path through said piston assembly for selectively lock or unlock the position of said piston assembly relative to said cylindrical chamber, and the valve means comprise at least a valve body, associated with said piston assembly, which is selectively rotatable from an open position, in which the hydraulic path is open, to a closed position in which the hydraulic path is closed.

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CRANK BROTHERS INC310 BROADWAY LAGUNA BEACH CA 92651

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hermansen, Frank Laguna Beach, US 73 897
Winefordner, Carl Laguna Beach, US 69 882

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