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US 2011/0079975 A1Published application
Vehicle Having Multiple Operational Modes
OwnerMichael Joseph Bennettinventor
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Abstract
A vehicle includes a deck, an aft running gear attached to the deck, a steering assembly, a flexible joint attaching the steering assembly to the deck, such that the steering assembly is pivotable about the flexible joint with respect to the deck between a rider-standing mode and a rider-sitting mode, and a brake assembly attached to the deck.
Claims20
A vehicle, comprising:
- a rigid deck;
- an aft running gear attached to the deck;
- a steering assembly;
- a flexible joint attaching the steering assembly to the deck, such that the steering assembly is pivotable about the flexible joint with respect to the deck between a rider-standing mode and a rider-sitting mode;
- and
- a brake assembly attached to the deck, the brake assembly having:
- a brake pedal;
- a biasing element coupling the brake pedal and the deck;
- and
- a brake pad operably associated with the brake pedal;
- wherein the brake pad gradually moves towards a surface over which the vehicle is traveling as the steering assembly pivotally transitions from the rider-standing mode through the rider-sitting mode to the deck;
- and
- wherein the brake pad is in braking contact with the surface during non-operational use of the vehicle.
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A method, comprising:
- providing a vehicle having:
- a rigid deck;
- an aft running gear attached to the deck;
- a steering assembly;
- a flexible joint attaching the steering assembly to the deck, such that the steering assembly is pivotable about the flexible joint with respect to the deck between a rider-standing mode and a rider-sitting mode;
- and
- a brake assembly attached to the deck, the brake assembly having:
- a brake pedal;
- a biasing element coupling the brake pedal and the deck;
- and
- a brake pad operably associated with the brake pedal;
- braking the vehicle with the brake pad on a surface over which the vehicle is traveling as the steering assembly pivotally transitions from the rider-standing mode through the rider-sitting mode to the deck;
- and
- braking the vehicle with the brake pad on the surface during non-operational use of the vehicle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.