User-propelled vehicle having a channel to receive an illuminatable means

A platform for supporting a user on a scooter, the platform having an upperside and an underside and comprising:

• a footplate,
• first and second longitudinal edges, first and second channels each associated with at least a portion of a respective longitudinal edge, at least one of first and second channels being configured to receive and entrap an illuminatable means, and
• first and second walls depending from the underside of the platform away from the upperside of the platform so as to define a space between the walls, the first wall defining a void and the second wall defining a further void, each void having a length that is substantially equal to the length of the space, wherein the first wall comprises a first portion that extends from the underside of the platform and a second portion that extends at an angle between the first portion and the first channel and is spaced from the underside of the platform, wherein the second wall comprises a first portion that extends from the underside of the platform and a second portion that extends at an angle between the first portion of the second wall and the second channel and is spaced from the underside of the platform,
• wherein the at least one illuminatable means comprises an elongate member providing a plurality of illumination devices therein, and the first and second channels comprises an elongate channel,
• wherein a height or width of an inner portion of at least one first and second channels is greater than a height or width of an opening of the at least one of first and second channels, and a height or width of the at least one illuminatable means is greater than the height or width of the opening of the at least one of first and second channels, and
• wherein the platform is a metal platform.

A method of manufacturing a metal platform for a scooter, the platform having an upperside and an underside and comprising a footplate, first and second longitudinal edges, first and second channels each associated with at least a portion of a respective longitudinal edge, at least one of first and second channels being adapted to receive and entrap an illuminatable means, and first and second walls depending from the underside of the platform away from the upperside of the platform so as to define a space between the walls, the first wall defining a void and the second wall defining a further void, each void having a length that is substantially equal to the length of the space, wherein the first wall comprises a first portion that extends from the underside of the platform and a second portion that extends at an angle between the first portion and the first channel and is spaced from the underside of the platform, wherein the second wall comprises a first portion that extends from the underside of the platform and a second portion that extends at an angle between the first portion of the second wall and the second channel and is spaced from the underside of the platform,

• wherein the at least one illuminatable means comprises an elongate member providing a plurality of illumination devices therein, and the first and second channels comprises an elongate channel, and wherein a height or width of an inner portion of the at least one of first and second channels is greater than a height or width of an opening of the at least one of first and second channels, and a height or width of the at least one illuminatable means is greater than the height or width of the opening of the at least one of first and second channels, the method comprising the step of:
• extruding the metal platform as a unitary component.