Land vehicles – Wheeled – Occupant propelled type
Patent
1996-06-14
1998-08-25
Boehler, Anne Marie
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Occupant propelled type
268 30, 268 372, 280283, 403220, 403291, B62K 2528
Patent
active
057976139
ABSTRACT:
A flex joint for a vehicle frame has a flexible member fabricated of a durable material and a body formed upon the flexible member. The body is configured to define a desired bending of the flexible member. Either the flexible member or the body is configured for attachment to two vehicle frame members so as to interconnect the frame members relative to each other and so as to facilitate movement of one of the frame members relative to the other of the frame members substantially according to the desired bending defined by the body.
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Boehler Anne Marie
GT Bicycles, Inc.
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