Playing vehicle with a prime mover
AssigneeTakagi Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
InventorsEishin Ueno, Sho Kikuchi
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Abstract
A playing vehicle is disclosed in which a human may ride on the vehicle body in a mode wherein he sits thereon while his legs are stretched and in which the body weight may be one-sided to either the left or right, thereby changing the travelling direction. The playing vehicle comprises bearings pivoted to the vehicle body by means of king pins, resilient members interposed between the vehicle body and the bearings, wheels supported on both bearings, and a prime mover placed on a mount. Both legs of a triangle whose base is a horizontal phantom line depicted longitudinally of the surface of the vehicle body is aligned with the inclining direction of the front and rear king pins.
Claims9
A motorized sporting vehicle for transporting a person, said vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle body extending in a longitudinal direction and constructed to support thereon a person;
- front and rear axles, each said axle having on opposite ends thereof wheels;
- front and rear axle support means for supporting said front and rear axles, respectively, on longitudinally spaced front and rear portions, respectively, of said body, such that right and left sides of said body, with respect to said longitudinal direction, are capable of up and down oscillation with respect to said axles upon lateral shifting of the weight of the person to the right and left of said body, respectively, and such that opposite ends of said axles are capable of oscillation in opposite directions longitudinally of said body;
- prime mover means mounted for rotating one of said axles, and thereby for driving said vehicles;
- motion conversion means associated with each said axle for, upon vertical movement of one side of said body with respect to said axle, imparting to opposite ends of said axle movement in opposite directions longitudinally of said body, whereby shifting of the weight of the person to one side of said body achieves longitudinal converging movement of those ends of said axles adjacent said side of said body, thus resulting in turning of said vehicle in the direction of said side;
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- each said motion conversion means including stabilizing means for preventing movement of said ends of the respective said axle longitudinally of said body in the absence of lateral vertical movement of said body with respect to said axle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.