Foldable Vehicle
AssigneePride Mobility Products Corporation
InventorsMichael A. GRANT, Terrence Joseph DONNELLY, Walter WATKINS, James P. MULHERN
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Abstract
A vehicle may include a frame having a first portion, a second portion, and a tiller. The first portion may be coupled to a front wheel and to the tiller. The second portion may be coupled to a rear wheel and detachably coupled to the first portion. A method of transitioning the vehicle between a folded configuration and an unfolded configuration may include rotating the first portion of the frame relative to the second portion of the frame between the folded configuration and unfolded configuration to cause the first portion of the frame to lock to the second portion of the frame.
Claims45
1-56. (canceled)
A vehicle comprising:
- a frame having:
- a first portion coupled to a front wheel and coupled to a tiller, and
- a second portion coupled to a rear wheel and coupled to the first portion;
- a hinge coupled to each of the first portion and the second portion such that the first portion is rotatable relative to the second portion about the hinge to transition the vehicle between a folded configuration and an unfolded configuration;
- and
- a tiller pivotably coupled to the first portion over a pivot range, the tiller including a tiller clutch engageable to selectively fix the tiller relative to the first portion at a plurality of locations in the pivot range when the vehicle is in at least one of the folded configuration and the unfolded configuration.
A vehicle comprising:
- a frame including:
- a first portion coupled to a front wheel and coupled to a tiller;
- a second portion coupled to a rear wheel and coupled to the first portion via a hinge having a knuckle engageable with a hub bolt to secure the first portion to the second portion,
- wherein the vehicle is transitionable about the hinge between a folded configuration and an unfolded configuration in which the first portion is lockable to the second portion.
A method of transitioning a vehicle between a folded configuration and an unfolded configuration, the vehicle including a frame having a first portion coupled to a front wheel and pivotably coupled to a tiller, a second portion coupled to a rear wheel and coupled to the first portion comprising:
- rotating the first portion relative to the second portion between the folded configuration and unfolded configuration to cause the first portion of the frame to lock to the second portion of the frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.