Patents by Inventor Robert DeGraaff

Robert DeGraaff has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4513981
    Abstract: A child's pedal-powered vehicle simulating a four wheel drive vehicle includes a body on which there is rotatably supported a pair of rear wheels. Centrally of its front end portion is a drive and steering assembly which is rotatable within the body to effect rotation of a pedal-powered drive wheel at lower end thereof to effect turning motion of the wheel and thereby the vehicle. Mounted on the front end portion of the body outboard of the drive wheel are a pair of outboard front wheels which will readily move vertically on the body to adjust to differences in ground contour while presenting little resistance to turning of the vehicle. In one embodiment, there is included means for limiting the vertical movement so that these wheels will stop upward movement at a point where overturning might occur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1985
    Inventors: Robert DeGraaff, Michael Langeiri