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.
Claims19
A personal mobility vehicle comprising:
- a body comprising a deck, the deck having a substantially planar top surface configured to support a user;
- at least one front wheel supported by the body;
- an angled rear portion supported by the body;
- a rear swivel wheel assembly comprising:
- an attachment portion coupled to the angled rear portion;
- a rear wheel rotatable about a wheel axis;
- a support portion coupled to the attachment portion and configured to support the rear wheel, the support portion being configured to allow pivoting of the rear wheel relative to the angled rear portion and about a swivel axis;
- wherein the angled rear portion is inclined with respect to the top surface of the deck and extends upward at an angle relative to the top surface of the deck, and the swivel axis is inclined with respect to the top surface of the deck.
A personal mobility vehicle comprising:
- a body having a deck configured to support a user, the body also comprising an inclined portion;
- a rear swivel wheel assembly supported by the inclined portion;
- the rear swivel wheel assembly comprising a rear wheel configured to pivot about a swivel axis;
- a brake assembly comprising:
- an attachment portion configured to be supported by the body;
- an actuator portion that is accessible to the foot of the user;
- a braking surface supported by the brake assembly and configured to apply frictional braking force to the rear wheel when in contact with the rear wheel at various degrees of rotation of the rear wheel about the swivel axis;
- wherein the brake assembly has an engaged position in which the braking surface is in contact with the rear wheel;
- wherein the brake assembly is movable to the engaged position in response to the user acting upon the actuator portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.