Balance bike
AssigneeKawasaki Motors, Ltd.
InventorsShota Matsuzaki, Masato Kogirima
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Abstract
There is provided a balance bike including: a front wheel and a rear wheel; a head portion steerably holding the front wheel; a main frame including a front frame extending rearward from the head portion while being inclined downward and a rear frame extending rearward from a rear end of the front frame at an angle closer to a horizontal direction than a direction in which the front frame extends, the main frame connecting the head portion and the rear wheel; and a seat support portion fixed to a bent portion where the front frame and the rear frame are connected to each other, and supporting a seat slidably in an up-down direction.
Claims10
A balance bike comprising:
- a front wheel and a rear wheel;
- a head portion steerably holding the front wheel;
- a main frame including a front frame extending rearward from the head portion while being inclined downward and a rear frame extending rearward from a rear end of the front frame at an angle closer to a horizontal direction than a direction in which the front frame extends, the main frame connecting the head portion and the rear wheel;
- a seat support portion fixed to a bent portion where the front frame and the rear frame are connected to each other, and supporting a seat slidably in an up-down direction;
- a motor configured to drive at least one of the front wheel and the rear wheel;
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- a battery configured to supply electric power to the motor, wherein
- the battery is disposed between the head portion and the seat support portion inside the front frame,
- the rear frame includes an upper pipe and a lower pipe which are disposed to be away from each other in an up-down direction,
- a portion where the front frame and the upper pipe are connected to each other is bent to protrude downward,
- a portion where the front frame and the lower pipe are connected to each other is bent to protrude downward,
- the upper pipe and the lower pipe are disposed such that an interval in the up-down direction increases toward a front side of the balance bike, and
- a crank and a pedal for transmitting a pedaling force by an occupant into at least one of the front wheel and the rear wheel are omitted from the balance bike.
A balance bike comprising:
- a front wheel and a rear wheel;
- a head portion steerably holding the front wheel;
- a main frame including a front frame extending rearward from the head portion while being inclined downward and a rear frame extending rearward from a rear end of the front frame at an angle closer to a horizontal direction than a direction in which the front frame extends, the main frame connecting the head portion and the rear wheel;
- a seat support portion fixed to a bent portion where the front frame and the rear frame are connected to each other, and supporting a seat slidably in an up-down direction;
- a motor configured to drive at least one of the front wheel and the rear wheel;
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- a battery configured to supply electric power to the motor, wherein
- the battery is disposed between the head portion and the seat support portion inside the front frame,
- the rear frame includes an upper pipe and a lower pipe which are disposed to be away from each other in an up-down direction,
- a portion where the front frame and the upper pipe are connected to each other is bent to protrude downward,
- a portion where the front frame and the lower pipe are connected to each other is bent to protrude downward,
- the upper pipe and the lower pipe are disposed such that an interval in the up-down direction increases toward a front side of the balance bike,
- the rear frame includes an extension member that is a separate member from the front frame and extends in a front-rear direction,
- the main frame includes a connecting member to which the rear end of the front frame and a front end of the extension member are each joined,
- the connecting member and the extension member are joined to each other in a state where a front end portion of the extension member is inserted into a hole provided in the connecting member,
- the balance bike further comprises a pair of left and right steps on which feet of an occupant are placed, and
- the connecting member includes a pair of support portions at both left and right end portions of the connecting member, the support portions supporting the steps.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.