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US 7,681,895 B2Granted
Side movement propelled scooter device having expanded foot platform
OwnerShane Cheninventor
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Abstract
A scooter device propelled by side to side movement of a user that includes a frame structure through which at least a front wheel is coupled to two direction biased rear wheels. The frame structure may have a foot placement platform that extends laterally between the two rear wheels. The platform may extend over half of the distance between the rear wheels and/or be substantially continuous for that distance. Various platform embodiments and frame structures, including rigid and flexible, are disclosed, among other aspects.
Claims27
A scooter device propelled by side to side movement of a user, comprising:
- at least a first forward located wheel;
- at least a second and a third rearward located wheel, wherein the second and third rearward located wheels are mounted in a biased direction arrangement;
- a seatless frame structure through which the first wheel is coupled to the second and third wheels;
- and
- a steering mechanism that has an ascending control member and is coupled to the first wheel such that turning of the control member achieves a turning of the first wheel;
- wherein the frame structure includes a foot placement platform extending laterally between said second and third wheels, the foot placement platform being positioned above the second and third wheels and extending at least approximately half of the distance between the second and third wheels;
- wherein the frame structure includes a principal longitudinal frame member and the foot placement platform extends substantially laterally outwardly from the frame member toward the second and third wheels;
- and
- wherein the foot placement platform includes a second wheel platform section associated with the second wheel and a third wheel platform section associated with the third wheel, each of the second wheel platform section and the third wheel platform section having a lateral dimension that is greater than its longitudinal dimension.
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A scooter device propelled by side to side movement of user, comprising:
- at least a first forward located wheel;
- at least a second and a third rearward located wheel;
- a frame structure through which the first wheel is coupled to the second, and third wheels, wherein the second and third rearward located wheels are mounted in a biased direction arrangement;
- and
- a steering mechanism that has a vertically ascending control member and is coupled to the first wheel such that a turning of the steering mechanism achieves a turning of the first wheel;
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- wherein the frame structure includes a principal longitudinal frame member and a foot placement platform that extends substantially laterally outwardly from the frame member toward the second and third wheels;
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- wherein the foot placement platform includes a second wheel platform section associated with the second wheel and a third wheel platform section associated with the third wheel, each of the second wheel platform section and the third wheel platform section having a lateral dimension that is greater than its longitudinal dimension.
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A scooter device propelled by side to side movement of user, comprising:
- at least a first forward located wheel;
- at least a second and a third rearward located wheel;
- a frame structure through which the first wheel is coupled to the second and third wheels, wherein the second and third rearward located wheels are mounted in a biased direction arrangement;
- a steering mechanism including a control member coupled to the first wheel such that turning of the control member achieves a turning of the first wheel;
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- a foot placement platform positioned such that when viewed from above, at least a portion of the platform is linearly between the center of the second and third wheels;
- wherein the frame structure includes a first frame member that is substantially longitudinally disposed and the foot placement platform is coupled to the first frame member near the rearward end thereof, the foot placement platform extending laterally from the first frame member to the second and third wheels;
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- wherein the steering mechanism is coupled in a fixed, non-horizontally pivoting manner to the frame structure.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.