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Suspension lift kit for quad cycle

  • US 9,027,938 B1
  • Filed: 11/15/2013
  • Issued: 05/12/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2013
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A lift kit apparatus for a suspension strut of a Quad ATV cycle where the suspension strut comprises:

  • an upstanding sleeve having an exterior cylindrical surface and an interior cylindrical surface;

    the sleeve having an upper edge with a collar portion of reduced exterior diameter on the exterior surface at the upper edge and defining an upwardly facing annular shoulder at a bottom of the collar portion;

    a shock absorber having a cylindrical body inserted in the sleeve as a sliding fit within the interior cylindrical surface and standing upwardly from the upper edge;

    a washer for sitting on the annular shoulder;

    and a coil spring having a bottom turn for sitting on the washer and having an interior dimension arranged to surround the collar portion and the shock absorber;

    wherein the lift kit apparatus comprises;

    a sleeve member having an interior surface, an exterior surface, a top edge and a bottom edge;

    the sleeve member having a bottom collar and an upstanding portion therefrom;

    wherein the bottom collar has an exterior surface with a diameter greater than that of the upstanding portion;

    the interior surface of the sleeve member at the upstanding portion being of a diameter substantially equal to that of the interior cylindrical surface of the suspension strut to receive the shock absorber therein;

    the interior surface of the sleeve member at the bottom collar being of increased diameter relative to the interior surface of the sleeve member at the upstanding portion so as to engage over the collar portion of the suspension strut and so as to sit on the washer;

    the upstanding portion having a male screw thread on an exterior surface thereof;

    the exterior surface of the upstanding portion having a diameter arranged to receive the spring thereon;

    a nut having a female screw thread for engaging onto the male screw thread and being movable to different set portions of a top surface of the nut along the male screw thread;

    the nut having an upper face arranged for engaging and supporting a bottom of the spring so that the bottom turn of the spring can be lifted from the washer onto the top surface of the nut so as to lift the spring to provide a lift of the suspension.

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