Telescopic spring suspension systems for the front wheel of a two-wheeled cycle vehicle

Claim 1

A RESILIENT SUSPENSION AND STEERING ASSEMBLY FOR THE FRONT WHEEL OF A BYCICLE HAVING A FRAME, A FIRST TUBULAR MEMBER ROTATABLY MOUNTED WITHIN SAID FRAME, A SECOND TUBULAR MEMBER AXIALLY SLIDABLY WITHIN SAID FIRST TUBULAR MEMBER, A SPLINE MEANS SLIDABLY WITHIN SAID FIRST TUBULAR MEMBRES AND PREVENTING RELATIVE ROTATION THEREBETWEEN, A HANDLEBAR SECURED TO ONE OF SAID TUBULAR MEMBERS, A WHEEL FORK SECURED TO THE OTHER OF SAID TUBULAR MEMBERS, COMPRESSION SPRING MEANS MOUNTED WITHIN SAID TUBULAR MEMBERS AND RESISTING RELATIVE AXIAL MOVEMENT THEREBETWEEN, SAID SPRING MEANS COMPRISING A CYLINDRICAL BAR OF RUBBER ENCLOSED IN A STEEL COIL SPRING, MEANS PREVENTING AXIAL MOVEMENT RELATIVE TO THE FRAME OF THE TUBULAR MEMBER WHICH IS SECURED TO SAID HANDLEBAR, AND SAID SPLINE MEANS COMPRISING AN ANNULAR BEARING BUSH FIXED AT ONE END OF SAID FIRST TUBULAR MEMBER AND PREVENTED FROM ROTATION RELATIVE THRETO, SAID BUSH HAVING AN INTERNALLY SPLINED PORTION AND SAID SECOND TUBULAR MEMBER HAVING EXTERNALLY A LONGITUDINALLY SPLINED PORTION SLIDABLE WITHIN AND IN SPLINED ENGAGEMENT WITH THE SPLINED PORTION OF SAID BUSH.