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US 9,010,776 B2Granted
Scooter
OwnerJon Elliott, David Yininventors
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Abstract
A two wheel scooter made of replaceable and interchangeable parts, with metal wheel brackets at either end of a deck, connected by a spine piece, with the spine piece recessed into a wooden scooter deck.
Claims11
A two wheeled scooter comprising:
- a scooter deck with a front and a rear end, and with a longitudinal axis and a top surface and a bottom surface, with U-shaped cutouts on each end of said deck;
- a rear wheel bracket mounted to said scooter deck in said cut out in the rear end of said deck, said rear wheel bracket comprising a top bracket plate and a bottom bracket plate both plates co-planar with the respective top and bottom surface of said scooter deck, with said plates held in a spaced apart position by left and right bracket sidewalls normal to said top surface of said deck, and parallel to said longitudinal axis, with said rear wheel bracket configured for attachment of a rear wheel axle and a rear wheel;
- a front wheel bracket mounted to said scooter deck in said cutout in the front end of said scooter deck, said front wheel bracket comprising a top bracket plate and a bottom bracket plate, both plates co-planar with the respective top and bottom surface of said scooter deck, with said plates held in a spaced apart position by left and right bracket sidewalls normal to said top surface of said deck, and parallel to said longitudinal axis, with said front bracket having an attached stem tube attached at an angle to said top plate, with said stem tube attached to a headset, with said headset configured to accept a front fork, and a steering tube attached to said front fork on an opposite end of said headset, with said front fork configured for attachment of a front wheel and a front wheel axle;
- a spine piece attached to and removable from said front wheel bracket and to said rear wheel bracket, configured to attach to said deck;
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- said steering tube attachable to said front fork when said front fork is extended through said headset, with handlebars on an end of said steering tube opposite said headset;
- wherein said deck, wheel brackets, spine, front forks and steering tubes are removable for customization by a user.
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A two wheeled scooter comprising:
- a scooter deck with a front and a rear end, and with a longitudinal axis and a top surface and a bottom surface, with U-shaped cutouts on each end of said deck;
- a rear wheel bracket mounted to said scooter deck in said cut out in the rear end of said deck, said rear wheel bracket comprising a top bracket plate and a bottom bracket plate both plates co-planar with the respective top and bottom surface of said scooter deck, with said plates held in a spaced apart position by left and right bracket sidewalls normal to said top surface of said deck, and parallel to said longitudinal axis, with said rear wheel bracket configured for attachment of a rear wheel axle and a rear wheel;
- a front wheel bracket mounted to said scooter deck in said cutout in the front end of said scooter deck, said front wheel bracket comprising a top bracket plate and a bottom bracket plate, both plates co-planar with the top and bottom surface of said scooter deck, with said plates held in a spaced apart position by left and right bracket sidewalls normal to said top surface of said deck, and parallel to said longitudinal axis, with said front bracket having an attached stem tube attached at an angle to said top plate, with said stem tube attached to a headset, with said headset configured to accept a front fork, and a steering tube attached to said front fork on an opposite end of said headset, with said front fork configured for attachment of a front wheel and a front wheel axle;
- a spine piece attached to and removable from said front wheel bracket and to said rear wheel bracket, configured to attach to said deck, said deck having a recessed band in said top surface of said scooter deck which extends from said rear wheel bracket to said front wheel bracket, and with said spine piece mounted in said recessed band flush with said top surface of said deck;
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- said steering tube attachable to said front fork when said front fork is extended through said headset, with handlebars on an end of said steering tube opposite said headset;
- with said deck comprising recessed areas on the top surface of said deck, around said front and rear U-shaped cutouts, which correspond to a shape of said top plates of said front and rear wheel brackets, so that said top plates of said wheel brackets are flush with said top surface of said scooter deck;
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- with said deck further comprising recessed areas on the deck bottom surface around said front and rear U-shaped cutouts, which corresponds to a shape of said bottom plates of said front and rear wheel brackets, so that said top plates of said wheel brackets are flush with said bottom surface of said scooter deck;
- wherein said deck, wheel brackets, spine, front fork and steering tubes are removable for customization by a user.
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