Coasters Patents (Class 280/87.01)
  • Publication number: 20020195785
    Abstract: An aid for use when transporting elderly people and disabled people, comprising a frame provided with handle bars, said frame comprising a front and a rear frame section, each essentially consisting of a pair of frame bars or frame tubes with transverse connections, said frame bars or frame tubes having their lower ends designed for movement across the ground and said frame sections being foldably connected about a transverse axis that is located under handle bar level. The frame sections are also foldable in the transverse direction, due to the transverse connections between the frame tubes of the frame sections being formed by connecting bars which are adapted to be folded in or substantially in the plane of the respective frame section. The aid is adapted to be used both as a walking aid (rollator) and as a passive wheel chair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2002
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Inventor: Joannes Stefanus Van 't Schip
  • Publication number: 20020175483
    Abstract: A toy sled for use with a wheeled item such as a floor scooter. The sled has a body having a top surface and a bottom surface, the top surface adapted for receiving a rider thereon and the bottom surface adapted for receiving the scooter. The scooter can be removed and replaced, as desired, from the body of the sled. Multiple scooters can be used with the sled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2001
    Publication date: November 28, 2002
    Applicant: The Prophet Corp.
    Inventor: Donald R. Glover
  • Publication number: 20020167141
    Abstract: A pushcart comprises two wheels attached to a fixed rear transverse member and two wheels attached to a pivotal front transverse member. The rear and front transverse members connect to a slanted longitudinal member. The wheels are affixed via a fork assembly to the ends of the respective members. The placement and slanting of the longitudinal member, as well as an almost upright steering column, enables an operator to achieve a lower center of gravity, for greater maneuverability and control during use. The platform comprises closely spaced bars affixed to the longitudinal member and to the fixed rear transverse member. The closely spaced bars provide lateral support to the longitudinal member as well as a platform for riding the pushcart. A cover plate shields the one or more tie rods from foreign matter and provides an alternate foot location for the operator during the performance of tricky maneuvers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2002
    Publication date: November 14, 2002
    Inventor: Allen Dale Humphrey
  • Publication number: 20020167146
    Abstract: A front wheels assembly for a scooter is disclosed. The scooter has a head tube provided at a front end thereof, a stem extending through the head tube, and a handlebar provided on a top of the stem. The front wheels assembly has a seat mounted at a lower end of the stem. A longitudinal bar is pivotally mounted in the seat. A first wheel is provided at a front end of the longitudinal bar. An axle is pivotally provided at a rear end of the longitudinal bar. A pair of second wheels is respectively provided at both ends of the axle. Whereby, when a user turns the handlebar, the scooter can follow a twisting path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2001
    Publication date: November 14, 2002
    Inventor: Wen-Hwan Chang
  • Patent number: 6467781
    Abstract: A tricycle comprises a front tube, a handlebar frame, a front fork, a front wheel, two footboards, and a swiveling member. The handlebar frame is put through the front tube. The front fork is fastened with the bottom end of the handlebar frame for fastening the front wheel. The two footboards are pivoted with the front tube and are formed of a bottom tube, a step board, and a rear wheel. The swiveling member is pivoted with the front tube and is provided at the top end the bottom end with a cross rod. The two cross rods are arranged at an interval between the two bottom tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2002
    Assignee: Melton International L.L.C.
    Inventor: Pin-Chieh Feng
  • Patent number: 6446981
    Abstract: A cart including a body, at least two wheels, and a frame. The body has an upper surface and a lower surface. The at least two wheels are operably coupled to the body. The frame includes a generally planar and substantially rigid upper member and at least one leg support member. The leg support member is coupled to the upper member and is releasably coupled to the body. The frame is positionable in a first configuration, wherein the upper member is substantially disposed over the upper surface of the body thereby forming a cover, and a second configuration, in which the frame is decoupled from the body and placed on a generally horizontal surface thereby forming a table. The frame includes means for releasably coupling the at least one leg support member to the body without the use of tools. A table includes a generally planar and substantially rigid first member, and leg support members. The first member substantially extends between and connects the leg support members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Assignee: The Little Tikes Company
    Inventors: Gerald C. Wise, Cristina N. Gerwitz, Mark S. Coats
  • Patent number: 6419248
    Abstract: A vehicle movable on at least first and second wheels utilizing a first platform having wheels attached to the same. A second platform is rotatably attached to the first platform and spaced outwardly from the first and second wheels attached to the first platform. Bosses, fixed to the second platform, extend to the vicinity of the first platform wheels. Linkages, such as rods, are rotatably attached to the bosses and to the wheels for provision of steering and braking controls. In certain embodiments, a third platform is employed to activate a braking wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Inventor: Albert R. Kay
  • Publication number: 20020024188
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a twist vehicle which includes three interchangeable driving devices, so that by changing the driving devices, the twist vehicle is capable of moving on different environments. The twist vehicle includes a changeable driving device connected to a twisting device, which is then connected to a steering device by a transmission device, so that when a clockwise and an anti-clockwise movements are imparted to the steering device, the twisting device turns correspondingly as a result, causing the twist vehicle to move on a flat ground, a snowy ground or water, depending on the selectively prearranged driving device of the twist vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2001
    Publication date: February 28, 2002
    Inventor: Hong-jiun Gu
  • Patent number: 6318740
    Abstract: A toy wagon and cooler combination for carrying children passengers and storing items in a temperature moderated climate. The toy wagon and cooler combination includes a new toy wagon and cooler combination which includes a wagon body having a bottom wall, a front wall, a back wall, a first side wall. A pulling means is used for pulling the wagon body. A plurality of wheels is each rotatably coupled to the bottom wall of the wagon body. A first cooler extends into a top edge of the front wall. The first cooler has a lid thereon. The lid is hingedly coupled to the top edge of the front wall. The lid is adapted to selectively open and close the first cooler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Inventor: Donna R. Nappo
  • Publication number: 20010040352
    Abstract: The vehicle can be used for transportation or recreation. The rider can choose to propel the vehicle by either manipulating the steering mechanism back and forth to “walk” the vehicle forward or backward across the ground or propel it with one foot upon the vehicle and one pushing off of the ground or with ski poles. The vehicle offers all of the mobility of a scooter or skateboard but with the added stability and safety of five wheels. Seated or standing riders can use the scooter. A seated rider can sit directly on the frame or on a raised seat platform. It can be adapted to employ foot manipulation to produce the back and forth “walking” propulsion. The vehicle is capable of adaptation to provide either foot or hand steering. The vehicle is capable of many incarnations including a steerable skateboard, a steerable snowboard and a steerable sidewalk ski-board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2001
    Publication date: November 15, 2001
    Inventors: Jar-Chen Wang, Hong-Jiun Gu
  • Publication number: 20010028155
    Abstract: A gravity driven steerable vehicle having wheels, or skis or a combination of wheels and skis for recreational use, most particularly on surfaces such as pavement, artificial hard-pack turf, mountain slopes, dirt roads, grass and hard-packed or non-packed snow. The vehicle has at least three (3) but preferably four (4) wheels, or skis or a combination of wheels and skis which may or may not be on independent axles one from the other and which may or may not be each independently shock suspended. There is also a steering mechanism for steering the vehicle and a driver compartment portion for containing a driver of the vehicle in a prone face-down and face-forward position. The vehicle is steerable by the driver from the prone face-down and face-forward position. The mechanism for suspension of the wheels and/or skis is configured to provide precise control in turns especially the carving of turns, by the skis, while descending on snow covered terrain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2001
    Publication date: October 11, 2001
    Inventors: Frederic L. Way, Steven K. Walton, David L. Newton
  • Publication number: 20010026056
    Abstract: A ride-on toy having a body with a set for supporting a rider, the body being supported by a pair rear wheels and an undercarriage mounted to a front portion of the body, the undercarriage in turn being supported by a pair of front wheels and steering means operatively connecting the undercarriage to the body. Th steering means may be gripped by the rider for pivoting the undercarriage about the steering axis to steer the ride-on toy and facilitate motion, and the front wheels are offset from the steering axis whereby the center of gravity of the toy may be moved away from the longitudinal axis of the body by pivoting of the undercarriage. The front wheels, being offset from the steering axis, may orbit the steering axis as the undercarriage is pivoted thereabout.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2001
    Publication date: October 4, 2001
    Inventors: Beau O'Donohue, John Bolch
  • Patent number: 6279930
    Abstract: An improved structure scooter capable of responsive and stable, time- and energy-saving, as well as safe and convenient operation and utilization that is comprised of a footboard, a front wheel assembly, and a rear wheel assembly. The front wheel assembly is disposed at the anterior aspect of the footboard and is equipped at the center with an extension plate of a front mounting block—the extension plate providing for assembly to the footboard, a topside stem having a handhold at its upper extent and an active sleeve, and a front mounting block having a support fixture installed on its two sides. Installed to through-holes in the outer sides of the support fixtures are movable side connecting rods and situated at their lower ends are the mounting holes of axles stays that provides for the installation of front wheels. Situated at the upper ends of the left and right side connecting rods is a top connecting rod that provides for the synchronous deflection of the side connecting rods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Inventors: Yun-Chuan Chang, Chuan-Fu Kao
  • Patent number: 6276700
    Abstract: A gravity driven steerable wheeled vehicle for recreational use, most particularly on surfaces such as pavement, artificial hard-pack turf, mountain slopes, dirt roads, grass and hard-packed snow. The vehicle has at least three (3) but preferably four (4) wheels which may or may not be on independent axles one from the other and which may or may not be each independently shock suspended. There is also a steering mechanism for steering the vehicle and a driver compartment portion for containing a driver of the vehicle in a prone face-down and face-forward position. The vehicle is steerable by the driver from the prone face-down and face-forward position. The vehicle may further have braking system for slowing or stopping the vehicle and a harness apparatus for harnessing the driver onto and into the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Inventors: Frederic Latimer Way, Steven Kendall Walton, David Newton
  • Patent number: 6260566
    Abstract: A canopy for a child's wagon including a canopy support structure selectively removably secured to the wagon and extending upwardly therefrom. A canopy is supported on the support structure for shading a child positioned in the passenger seating area of the wagon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2001
    Inventors: Shawn H. LaFave, Laura M. LaFave
  • Patent number: 6219845
    Abstract: A wheeled support for supporting a kneeling person is provided including a pair of knee supports each having a frame, a pad mounted on the frame, and three wheel assemblies mounted on a bottom of the frame. Also included is a pair of wheeled foot supports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Inventor: Patrick J. Ferriter