Foldable scooter

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10549809-B2
Application number	US-201616087637-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 27, 2016
Priority date	Mar 23, 2016
Publication date	Feb 4, 2020
Grant date	Feb 4, 2020

Abstract

A scooter includes a lower body with a first end and a second end, a rear wheel rotatably supported by the first end, an elongated front body with a lower end and an upper end, a guide fixed within the front body extending from the lower end to the upper end, an attachment member pivotably fixed to the second end of the lower body and engaged by the guide, and a front wheel rotatably supported by the lower end.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A scooter comprising:
a lower body having first and second ends;
a rear wheel rotatably supported by the first end;
an elongated front body having lower and upper ends;
a guide fixed to the front body extending from the lower end to the upper end;
an attachment member pivotably mounted to the second end of the lower body and engaged by the guide;
a front wheel rotatably supported by the lower end; and
a linear slide slideably engaged with the guide, wherein the linear slide is disposed between the attachment member and the guide.

2. The scooter of claim 1 , wherein the linear slide is slideable between the lower end and the upper end of the elongated front body.

3. The scooter of claim 1 , wherein the linear slide and the attachment member are pivotably coupled.

4. The scooter of claim 1 , wherein the front body is pivotable about an axis transverse to a top surface of the lower body.

5. The scooter of claim 1 , wherein the linear slide further comprises one or more grooves engaged with the guide, a top and a bottom, and a rod extending from the top to the bottom of the linear slide, wherein the attachment member is pivotably engaged with the rod.

6. The scooter of claim 5 , wherein the attachment member is pivotable about a first axis of the rod of the linear slide.

7. The scooter of claim 6 , wherein the attachment member includes a bore, and wherein the rod of the linear slide extends through the bore.

8. The scooter of claim 7 , wherein the attachment member includes an opening, and wherein the lower body is pivotably coupled to the attachment member with a pin extending through the opening.

9. The scooter of claim 8 , wherein the first axis of the rod of the linear slide and a second axis of the pin coupling the lower body to the attachment member are transverse.

10. The scooter of claim 1 , wherein the scooter has a Go mode, a Follow mode and a Carry mode, the attachment member is adjacent the front wheel when the scooter in the Go mode, the attachment member is away from the front wheel when the scooter in the Follow mode, and the rear wheel is disposed adjacent the front wheel the attachment member is adjacent the upper end when the scooter in the Carry mode.

11. The scooter of claim 10 , wherein the lower body further includes a bottom surface facing away from the upper end when the scooter in the Go mode, and the bottom surface faces the front body when the scooter is in the Carry mode.

12. The scooter of claim 1 , further comprising a second rear wheel, the second rear wheel supported by the first end.

13. The scooter of claim 12 , wherein the front wheel is disposed between the rear wheel and the second rear wheel in a Carry mode.

14. The scooter of claim 12 , further comprising a wheel holder assembly supporting the rear wheel and the second rear wheel, wherein the wheel holder assembly further includes a base attached to a bottom surface of the lower body, and a fork supporting the rear wheel and the second rear wheel, wherein the fork is pivotably coupled to the base.

15. The scooter of claim 14 , wherein the fork is pivotable about an axis transverse to the bottom surface of the lower body.

16. The scooter of claim 14 , wherein the wheel holder assembly further includes a spring having an equilibrium state and a tensioned state, the spring being in the equilibrium state when a first distance of the rear wheel to the bottom surface of the lower body and a second distance of the second wheel to the bottom surface of the lower body are equal, and the spring being in the tensioned state when the first distance and the second distance are unequal.

17. The scooter of claim 16 , wherein the wheel holder assembly further includes a pin pivotably coupling the fork to the base, and wherein the spring is a helical spring extending around the pin of the wheel holder assembly.

Assignees

• Ford Global Tech Llc

Inventors

• Kuo James Yu-Hsin
• Lau Chelsia Ka Po
• Li Jack
• Kim Hyunsoo
• Bang Euishik
• Williams Bruce Preston

Classifications

• B62K5/06

  Frames for tricycles · CPC title

• B62K5/02

  Tricycles (children's tricycles B62K9/02) · CPC title

• B62K5/027

  Motorcycles with three wheels (specially adapted for disabled riders B62K5/023) · CPC title

• B62K13/08

  Frames · CPC title

• G05D1/028

  using a RF signal · CPC title