Collapsible skateboard
AssigneeRazor USA LLC
InventorShui-Te Tsai
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Abstract
A collapsible skateboard includes an upright handle having lower portion on which is fixedly mounted a bracket, a connector having a curved slot having a lower end formed with a horizontal recess, an upper end formed with a vertical recess, and a circular hole under the vertical recess, an adjust pin inserted into the vertical recess of the connector and the elongated hole of the bracket, a pivot pin fitted through the circular hole of the connector and the circular hole of the bracket, a spring having an upper end connected to the adjust pin and a lower end to the pivot pin, and a platform on which is fixedly mounted the connector, whereby the skateboard can be easily folded up as desired.
Claims18
A collapsible scooter, comprising:
- a frame, comprising:
- a first portion comprising a handle and supporting a front wheel;
- a second portion supporting a rear wheel, wherein said first portion and said second portion are rotatably coupled for relative movement between a collapsed position and an operable position;
- a surface comprising a first recess and a second recess associated with one of said first portion and said second portion;
- a movable pin associated with said other of said first portion and said second portion and oriented parallel to an axis of rotation between said first portion and said second portion, said movable pin movable independently of said other of said first portion and said second portion and positionable into engagement with said first recess to secure said collapsible scooter in said collapsed position and positionable into engagement with said second recess to secure said collapsible scooter in said operable position;
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- a control mechanism that is capable of moving said movable pin to release said movable pin from said first recess and to release said movable pin from said second recess, wherein said control mechanism converts a rotational motion of a lever of said control mechanism into a linear motion of said movable pin;
- a spring having a first end coupled to said movable pin, said spring configured to normally bias said movable pin in a direction tending to engage said pin with one of said first and second recesses.
A collapsible scooter, comprising:
- a first portion comprising a handle and supporting a front wheel;
- a second portion supporting a rear wheel, wherein said first portion and said second portion are rotatably coupled for relative movement between a collapsed position and an operable position;
- a pin supported by said first portion;
- a hook that extends at least partially around a circumference of said pin in said collapsed position of said scooter, the pin having a longitudinal axis;
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- a lever coupled to said hook, wherein said lever is configured to move said hook to permit said collapsible scooter to move from said collapsed position to said operable position, the lever having an axis of rotation that is offset from the longitudinal axis of the pin.
A collapsible scooter, comprising:
- a first portion comprising a handle and supporting a front wheel;
- a second portion supporting a rear wheel, wherein said first portion and said second portion are rotatably coupled for relative movement between a collapsed position and an operable position, said first and second portions being rotatable relative to one another about an axis;
- a pin supported by said first portion;
- a hook having a first end rotatably supported by the first portion and a second end that extends at least partially around a circumference of said pin in said collapsed position of said scooter, the first end and the second end of the hook being spaced apart from one another by an elongate portion;
- a lever coupled to said hook, wherein said lever is configured to move said hook to permit said collapsible scooter to move from said collapsed position to said operable position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.