Motor vehicles – Special wheel base – Collapsible or knockdown for storage or transport
Patent
1991-06-17
1993-02-02
Focarino, Margaret A.
Motor vehicles
Special wheel base
Collapsible or knockdown for storage or transport
180219, 280278, 280287, 464117, B62D 6100
Patent
active
051831295
ABSTRACT:
An improved, highly portable, collapsible scooter having a front frame extending upwardly from a front portion of a lower frame and being pivotally secured thereto. The front frame is secured at its upper end to steering means, and a front wheel is rotatably secured to the steering means. A rear wheel is rotatably secured to a rear portion of the lower frame, and a platform for supporting a rider is secured to the lower frame between the front and rear wheels. Lock means releasably lock the front frame and lower frame in an operating position or in a collapsed position in which the front frame extends rearwardly from the front portion of the lower frame. An engine is preferably coupled with the rear wheel of the scooter using a belt drive system which preferably includes toothed pulleys and a notched drive belt.
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Dickson Paul
Focarino Margaret A.
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