Hover board tricycle
OwnerAngelo L. Mazzei, Javier Bustamanteinventors
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Abstract
An improvement to a hover board provides additional support and balance to an operator of the hover board. The improvement converts a two wheeled hover board, having no structure for an operator to hold onto with the operator's hands, into a three wheeled vehicle with a handle to which an operator may hold onto. A platform member couples to the hover board, while still allowing the hover board controls to function. A handle member extends upwardly from the platform member as a handle. A third wheel depends from the underside of the platform member, where the third wheel provides additional stability.
Claims20
A vehicle device, comprising:
- a hover board comprising a first foot placement section and a second foot placement section that are coupled to one another and are independently movable with respect to one another;
- a first wheel associated with the first foot placement section and a second wheel associated with the second foot placement section, the first and second wheels being spaced apart and substantially parallel to one another;
- a first position sensor and a first drive motor configured to drive the first wheel, a second position sensor and a second drive motor configured to drive the second wheel;
- a platform member having a first end and a second end, a top and a bottom, wherein the first end is coupled to the hover board and the second end cantilevers horizontally forward from the hover board wherein the coupling of the platform member to the hover board allows the first foot placement section and the second foot placement section to be independently movable with respect to one another;
- a ground engaging wheel depending from the bottom at the second end;
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- a handle member extending upwardly from the top at the second end, the handle member having a sufficient height to be grasped by a person standing upon the hover board.
In combination with a vehicle device of the type having a first foot placement section and a second foot placement section that are coupled to one another and are independently movable with respect to one another, a first wheel associated with the first foot placement section and a second wheel associated with the second foot placement section, the first and second wheels being spaced apart and substantially parallel to one another, a first position sensor and a first drive motor configured to drive the first wheel, a second position sensor and a second drive motor configured to drive the second wheel, an improvement comprises:
- a platform member having a first end and a second end, a top and a bottom, wherein the first end is coupled to the first foot placement section and to the second foot placement section and the second end cantilevers horizontally forward from the first end wherein the coupling of the platform member to the first foot placement section and to the second foot placement section allows the first foot placement section and the second foot placement section to be independently movable with respect to one another;
- a ground engaging wheel depending from the bottom at the second end;
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- a handle member extending upwardly from the top at the second end, the handle member having a sufficient height to be grasped by a person standing upon the first foot placement section and the second foot placement section.
In a hover board of the type comprising a first foot placement section and a second foot placement section that are coupled to one another and are independently movable with respect to one another, a first wheel associated with the first foot placement section and a second wheel associated with the second foot placement section, the first and second wheels being spaced apart and substantially parallel to one another, a first position sensor and a first drive motor configured to drive the first wheel, a second position sensor and a second drive motor configured to drive the second wheel, a conversion kit for modifying the hover board to a tricycle, the conversion kit comprising:
- a platform member having a first end coupled to the hover board and a second end which extends horizontally from the hover board, wherein the coupling of the platform member to the hover board allows the first foot placement section and the second foot placement section to be independently movable with respect to one another, the second end having a top and a bottom;
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- a ground engaging wheel depending from the bottom of the second end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.