Scooter with rear swivel wheel
AssigneeRazor USA LLC
InventorRobert Chen
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Abstract
A personal mobility vehicle or scooter includes a least one swivel caster wheel supported at the rear of the scooter. The scooter has a body that includes a deck and a handlebar assembly. The scooter includes at least one front wheel with the deck extending between the at least one front wheel and the at least one swivel wheel. The scooter can also include an angled rear portion supporting a rear swivel caster wheel such that the pivot axis of the swivel wheel is inclined with respect to the top surface of the deck. Embodiments of the scooter also include a swivel braking assembly configured to apply a braking force to the at least one swivel wheel.
Claims20
A personal mobility vehicle comprising:
- a deck comprising a forward portion, a rearward portion, and a top surface that is configured to support a user's foot, the rearward portion comprising a tail that extends upward and rearward at an angle relative to the top surface of the deck, the tail being a separate component than and separable from the forward portion of the deck;
- a handlebar assembly connected with the deck, the handlebar assembly comprising a head tube with an end;
- a front wheel assembly connected with the end of the head tube, the front wheel assembly comprising a front wheel that is rotatable about a front wheel axis;
- and
- a rear swivel wheel assembly connected with the deck, the rear swivel wheel assembly comprising a rear swivel wheel that is rotatable about a rear wheel axis and swivelable about a swivel axis.
A personal mobility vehicle comprising:
- a body comprising a platform configured to support a user's foot;
- a handlebar assembly connected with the body, the handlebar assembly comprising a head tube with an end;
- a front wheel assembly connected with the end of the head tube, the front wheel assembly comprising a front wheel that is rotatable about a front wheel axis;
- a rear swivel wheel assembly connected with the body, the rear swivel wheel assembly comprising a rear swivel wheel that is rotatable about a rear wheel axis and swivelable about a swivel axis;
- and
- a brake assembly comprising a brake surface, the brake assembly configured to selectively brake the rear swivel wheel,
- wherein the front wheel assembly and the rear swivel wheel assembly are positioned on a longitudinal axis of the personal mobility vehicle.
A personal mobility vehicle comprising:
- a body comprising a platform configured to support a user's foot;
- a handlebar assembly connected with the body, the handlebar assembly comprising a head tube with an end;
- a front wheel assembly connected with the end of the head tube, the front wheel assembly comprising a front wheel that is rotatable about a front wheel axis;
- a rear swivel wheel assembly connected with the body, the rear swivel wheel assembly comprising a rear swivel wheel that is rotatable about a rear wheel axis and swivelable about a swivel axis;
- and
- a brake assembly the brake assembly configured to selectively brake the rear swivel wheel, the brake assembly comprising a brake surface that has a concavely curved surface and a width in a lateral direction,
- wherein the concavely curved surface comprises a laterally curved path that substantially matches a travel path of a portion of an outer circumference of the rear caster wheel as the rear caster wheel swivels about the swivel axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.