Motor vehicles – Special wheel base – Collapsible or knockdown for storage or transport
Reexamination Certificate
2007-01-09
2007-01-09
Phan, Hau (Department: 3618)
Motor vehicles
Special wheel base
Collapsible or knockdown for storage or transport
C180S065100, C180S193000
Reexamination Certificate
active
11052624
ABSTRACT:
A four-wheel personal transporter having a collapsible shell and a seat mounted on at least one shaft disposed at the rear end of the device, such shaft(s) movable approximately 90 degrees rearward from an upright position to a storage position and maneuvered into a receipt slot defined in the top portion of the rear shell, and a steering column disposed at the front end of the personal transporter in an upright position for use and rotatable approximately 90 degrees downward to a storage position against the top of the shell when such shell is in its collapsed storage mode, such steering column having a handle usable to pull the device on its front wheels in its storage mode.
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Commonly assigned co-pending U.S. Appl. No. 10/793,500, filed Mar. 4, 2004, entitled Vehicle System for a Vehicle (DON01 p. 1141).
Nitkin William
Phan Hau
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