Motor vehicles – Special wheel base – Collapsible or knockdown for storage or transport
Patent
1987-07-09
1989-04-18
Marmor, Charles A.
Motor vehicles
Special wheel base
Collapsible or knockdown for storage or transport
464160, 192 58B, 180219, 180221, 280 47315, 280 87041, B62K 1110, B62K 1500, B62M 1300
Patent
active
048218324
ABSTRACT:
An improved light-weight, highly portable motor scooter having an elongated tubular frame which serves as muffler for a gasoline engine, a rear wheel secured to the frame at the rearward end thereof, a generally vertical, tubular support member secured to the frame at the forward end, a generally vertical strut member rotatably received within the tubular support member and having a yoke on the lower end thereof below the tubular support member, the yoke receiving a front wheel, a horizontal platform mounted on the frame, an engine secured to the frame adjacent the rearward end having a converter for coupling the engine to the rear wheel, an elongated handle member pivotally affixed at its lower end to the upper end of the strut member, the handle member being pivoted in a forward direction to pull the scooter and in a rearward direction to lie adjacent and parallel the frame whereby the scooter can be carried and extendable in an axially aligned position relative to the strut member permitting the user to guide the motor scooter while in motion, and a tubular sleeve received on the handle member and extendable over the upper end of the strut member to releasably lock the handle member and the strut member in the aligned position.
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Marmor Charles A.
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