US 2016/0107716 A1Published application

Scooter

AssigneeScoot & Ride GmbH

InventorsWolfgang BERNDORFER, Robert KIRSCHSCHLAGER

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Abstract

A scooter or bicycle including a chassis is provided. The chassis has a guide bearing for a steering column holding a front wheel and for a supporting arm for a pivotable footboard having a rear wheel. The supporting arm includes a seat. The supporting arm, connected to the pivotable footboard, is hinged to the guide bearing. A portion of the chassis including the supporting arm and the pivotable footboard is transferrable from a first usage position as a scooter, in which the pivotable footboard is substantially parallel with the road surface, by a rotation of 180° around a hinged axis of the supporting arm into a usage position as a bicycle, in which the pivotable footboard supports the supporting arm facing rearwarldy from the steering column. The seat is arranged on a side of the supporting arm facing away from the pivotable footboard.

Claims5

Dependent claims

A scooter or bicycle comprising:

a chassis (1) which has a guide bearing (2) for a steering column (4) holding a front wheel (3) and for a supporting arm (5) for a pivotable footboard (7) having a rear wheel (8), the supporting arm (5) comprising a seat (11),
wherein the supporting arm (5) is connected to the pivotable footboard (7) and is hinged to the guide bearing (2),
wherein a portion of the chassis comprising the supporting arm (5) and the pivotable footboard (7) is transferrable from a first usage position as a scooter, in which the pivotable footboard (7) extends substantially parallel with a road surface, by a rotation of 180° around a hinged axis of the supporting arm (5) into a second usage position as a bicycle, in which the pivotable footboard (7) supports the supporting arm (5) facing rearwardly from the steering column, the seat (11) being arranged on a side of the supporting arm (5) facing away from the pivotable footboard (7).

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/986,043Filed 31 Dec 2015
Priority: AT A 50019/201122 Dec 2011
Published: 21 Apr 2016
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

B62K 13/08
Cycles convertible to, or transformable into, other types of cycles or land vehicle: frames
B62K 3/002
Bicycles: without a seat, i.e. the rider operating the vehicle in a standing position, e.g. non-motorized scooters; non-motorized scooters with…
B62K 13/00
Cycles convertible to, or transformable into, other types of cycles or land
B62K 15/006
Collapsible or foldable cycles: the frame being foldable

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