Wheel assembly, methods, and applications
AssigneeMaidbot, Inc.
InventorsSteve Supron, Steven Whitehead, David Moroniti, Micah Green
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Abstract
A quick release mechanism for a wheel includes a hub and a clip, which interact with a wheel or roller that may or may not be part of the invention per se. The hub is disposable on a drive shaft such that it will rotate with the drive shaft. An optional hub cap is disposable on the wheel and has an opening that is complimentary to the geometry of the hub to allow engagement thereof such that the hub the hub cap rotate together. The clip is disposable on the hub in a closed or an open position so that the hub cap cannot or can be removed from the hub.
Claims10
A quick release wheel mechanism, comprising:
- a hub component configured to couple to a drive shaft such that the hub component will rotate with the drive shaft, the hub component comprising a central portion aligned with the drive shaft and two hub projections projecting outward from the central portion in opposite directions, each hub projection comprising an opening comprising clip component engagement means and configured to receive a hub component engagement means, the hub projections configured to align with a reciprocal slot of a hub cap and to drive rotation of the hub cap when the drive shaft rotates while the hub cap is coupled to the hub component;
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- a clip component having hub component engagement means that are engageable with the clip component engagement means, wherein the clip component can be configured in each of a closed position so as to preclude the engagement or disengagement of a wheel from the hub component and an open position so as to allow the engagement or disengagement of the wheel from the hub component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.