Trailer for balancing vehicle
AssigneeDEKA Products Limited Partnership
InventorsJ. Douglas Field, John David Heinzmann
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Abstract
A trailer for a dynamically balanced transporter that allows leaning of the transporter such as for control of the combination of transporter and trailer. The trailer has a platform and an arm with two ends, one of which ends is coupled to the platform and the other of which is pivotally coupled about a horizontal axis to the transporter. The trailer has a ground-contacting member that may be a wheel, or a ski or a skid. A locking mechanism may lock the pivot in response to a fault condition. The platform of the trailer may support a rider in a seated or standing position and may have a characteristic transverse linear dimension comparable to the shoulder width of the rider.
Claims2
A trailer for carrying a user behind a dynamically balanced transporter, the trailer comprising:
- a) a platform for supporting the user in a standing position;
- b) a ground-contacting member supporting the platform, the ground-contacting member capable of swiveling about a vertical axis in a first rotation direction;
- c) a pivot arm having a pivot end with a pivot and a trailer end, the trailer end coupled to the platform, the trailer end capable of swiveling about a trailer end vertical axis in a trailer end rotation direction;
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- d) a scissor linkage coupled to the pivot arm and ground contacting member so that the first rotation direction is counter to the trailer end rotation direction.
A vehicle comprising:
- a) a dynamically balanced transporter having a support and an attachment housing coupled to the support;
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- b) a trailer further comprising:
- i) a platform, the platform having an upper side;
- ii) a ground-contacting member supporting the platform, the ground-contacting member capable of swiveling about a vertical axis in a first rotation direction;
- iii) a pivot arm having a pivot end with a pivot and a trailer end, the trailer end coupled to the platform, the trailer end capable of swiveling about a trailer end vertical axis in a trailer end rotation direction, the pivot coupled to the attachment housing;
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- iv) a scissor linkage coupled to the pivot arm and ground contacting member so that the first rotation direction is counter to the trailer end rotation direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.