Patent ID: 7163223

Claim:
A suspension system comprising: a lockout mechanism including a valve mechanism and a valve actuating assembly; a valve mechanism housing; and a resilient member disposed between the valve mechanism and the valve mechanism housing; the valve mechanism slidably mounted along the valve mechanism housing, the valve mechanism separating a first fluid chamber from a second fluid chamber and controlling fluid flow therebetween; the valve actuating assembly operably switching the valve mechanism between an open position in which fluid flow between the first and second fluid chambers is permitted and a closed position in which fluid flow between the first and second fluid chambers is blocked; the resilient member configured to be deformable by the valve mechanism as the valve mechanism is slidably displaced by an increasing pressure in the first fluid chamber, the increasing pressure biasing the valve mechanism toward the closed position, the sliding valve mechanism configured to collide against the valve actuating assembly when a blow-off pressure is reached in the first fluid chamber switching the valve mechanism from the closed position to the open position.