Patent ID: 11858576
Assignee: FOX FACTORY, INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 13:
14. An assembly comprising:
a lower post for insertion into a seat tube of a vehicle;
an upper post to telescopically slide with respect to said lower post to form a dropper seatpost;
a housing fixedly coupled to one end of said upper post; and
a saddle rail clamp assembly to couple at least one saddle rail of a saddle with said dropper seatpost via a clamping structure, said saddle rail clamp assembly comprising:
a lower saddle rail clamping portion rotatably coupled with said housing,
said lower saddle rail clamping portion having a drooped shape such that said lower saddle rail clamping portion hangs down in a plane that intersects at least a portion of said housing; and

an upper saddle rail clamping portion to couple with said lower saddle rail clamping portion to form said clamping structure in said plane that intersects at least said portion of said housing;

a first fastener to fixedly couple said upper saddle rail clamping portion with said lower saddle rail clamping portion at a first location on said housing;
at least a second fastener to fixedly couple said upper saddle rail clamping portion with said lower saddle rail clamping portion at a second location on said housing, wherein an adjustment to one or both of said first fastener and said second fastener adjusts a pitch of said saddle; and
at least one of said first fastener or said second fastener is inverted in said housing to increase a standoff distance between a bottom of said saddle and a top of said first fastener or said second fastener.