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US 6,386,562 B1Granted
Scooter having changeable steering mechanism
OwnerHui Shan Kuoinventor
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Abstract
A scooter includes a board device having a front board and having one or more wheels attached to the rear portion, and a rear board extended rearwardly and upwardly from the front board and having one or more wheels attached to the rear portion. A handle is rotatably secured to the front board has one or more front wheels for steering purposes. The rear wheels may be spaced from the ground when the front wheel is engaged with the ground, and the front wheel may be spaced from the ground when the rear wheel is engaged with the ground.
Claims5
A scooter comprising:
- a) a supporting board device including:
- i) a first board including a front portion and including a rear portion;
- ii) at least one first wheel attached to said rear portion of said first board for engaging with a supporting surface;
- iii) a second board extended rearwardly from said rear portion of said first board and inclined upwardly from said first board;
- iv) a coupler rotatably secured to said second board with a pivot shaft;
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- v) at least one second wheel attached to said coupler and rotated in concert with said coupler about said pivot shaft for engaging with the supporting surface;
- b) a handle device rotatably secured to said front portion of said first board and including a lower portion;
- c) at least one third wheel attached to said lower portion of said handle device and to be rotated by said handle device for engaging with the supporting surface and for steering purposes, and
- d) means for coupling said handle device to said coupler and to rotate said coupler and said at least one second wheel about said pivot shaft,
- said at least one second wheel being elevated and spaced from the supporting surface when said at least one third wheel is engaged with the supporting surface, and said at least one third wheel being elevated and spaced from the supporting surface when said at least one second wheel is engaged with the supporting surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.