Pivot joint and vehicles that employ a pivot joint

A collapsing foot-deck-based vehicle, comprising:

• a foot deck;
• at least two wheels coupled to the foot deck, each of said wheels having a rotation axis;
• and
• a handle structure coupled to the foot deck via a locking pivot joint, the handle structure comprising at least one handle, the locking pivot joint having a pivot axis that is generally unparallel to the rotation axes of the wheels, the handle structure being selectively pivotable via the locking pivot joint between a riding configuration in which the handle is generally distal from the foot deck and a collapsed configuration in which the handle is generally proximal to the foot deck.

A collapsing foot-deck-based vehicle, comprising:

• a foot deck;
• at least two wheels coupled to the foot deck;
• and
• a handle structure coupled to the foot deck via a locking swivel joint, the handle structure comprising at least one handle, the locking swivel joint having a swivel axis that is generally unparallel with a horizontal plane defined by the lowermost surfaces of the at least two wheels, the handle structure being selectively swivelable via the locking swivel joint between a riding configuration in which the handle is generally distal from the foot deck and a collapsed configuration in which the handle is generally proximal to the foot deck.

A collapsing foot-deck-based vehicle, comprising:

• a foot deck;
• at least two wheels coupled to the foot deck, each of said wheels having a rotation axis;
• and
• a handle structure coupled to the foot deck via a locking swivel joint, the handle structure comprising at least one handle, the locking swivel joint having a swivel axis that is generally unparallel to the rotation axes of the wheels, the handle structure being selectively swivelable via the locking swivel joint between a riding configuration in which the handle is generally distal from the foot deck and a collapsed configuration in which the handle is generally proximal to the foot deck.