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US 8,286,973 B1Granted
Animal imitating tricycle
OwnerWei Song, Feng Zhu +1inventors
InventorsWei Song, Feng Zhu, Ning Zhu
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Abstract
A non-motorized tricycle including: a animal imitating shell for supporting a rider; two front wheels and one rear wheel; a steering means pivotally supported by frame; A pedal-crank provided with a pedal linked to a driving-crank by a transmitting-rod; a long-arm crank secured to a driving-crank at one end and pivoted with a kicking-rod at other end; a one-way driving-wheel provided at lower end of the kicking-rod. While a rider pedals down pedals, the kicking-rod would kick backward and push the vehicle to move forward.
Claims6
An animal imitating tricycle comprising:
- an animal style shell;
- a main frame;
- two front wheels and a rear wheel;
- a steering means pivotally connected to said main frame and support by said front wheels;
- a crank driving means comprised of a pedal provided with a pedal-crank rotationally mounted on said main frame;
- a driving-crank secured to said pedal-crank;
- a transmitting-crank linked to said driving-crank via a transmitting-rod;
- a long-arm crank secured to said transmitting-crank by a transmitting axle;
- a kicking-rod pivotally connected with an upper end to said long-arm crank and provided with a driving device at its lower end;
- at least one spring securely attached to said main frame and said driving-crank.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.