US3226130A
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Coasting vehicle steered by tiltable rider supporting means
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1962-10-31
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Granted: 1965-12-28
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Expires: 1982-10-31
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Francis P Smith
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 05:21
CPC Classifications
B; B62; B62B; B62B13/00; B62B13/02; B62B13/06; B62B13/08; B62B13/12; B62B3/00; B62B3/02; B62B5/00; B62B5/04; B62B5/0485; B62B2206/00; B62B2206/006
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
262 words
IN A COASTER VEHICLE ADAPTED FOR ITS FREE COASTING MOVEMENT UPON AND ALONG A SUPPORTING SURFACE AND PROVIDING A BED FOR DIRECTLY SUPPORTING A RIDER, A PLANAR AND RIGID CHASSIS MEMBER DEPENDING FROM AND ROCKABLY SUPPORTING SAID VEHICLE BED FOR A LATERAL TILTING OF THE BODY ON THE CHASSIS MEMBER WITH RESPECT TO AN AXIS LONGITUDINAL OF THE BED, MEANS YIELDINGLY BIASING SAID CHASSIS MEMBER TOWARD A NORMAL PERPENDICULAR RELATION OF ITS PLANE TO SAID BED, A RUNNING GEAR PROVIDING LATERALLY SPACED CROSSBARS UPON WHICH THE CHASSIS MEMBER IS SUPORTED, AT LEAST ONE OF SAID CROSS-BARS BEING PIVOTALLY RELATED TO THE CHASSIS MEMBER FOR MOVEMENT IN A PLANE PARALLEL TO SAID LONGITUDINAL AXIS, MEANS COOPERATIVE BETWEEN THE BED AND THE PIVOTED SAID CROSS-BAR WHEREBY A TURNING MOVEMENT OF THE PIVOTED SAID CROSS-BAR WITH RELATION TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE VEHICLE WILL RESULT WHEN A TILTING MOVEMENT OF THE BED ABOUT SAID AXIS IS IMPARTED TO THE BED BY THE RIDER, AND LATERALLY SPACED RUNNERS CARRIED BY AND BENEATH A UNITARY BASE STRUCTURE WHICH DIRECTLY SUPPORTS THE CROSS-BARS FOR A STEERING TURNING OF THE PIVOTED CROSS-BAR, CORRESPONDING STRAIGHT REARWARD PORTIONS OF SAID RUNNERS BEIG FIXEDLY RELATED TO SAID RUNNER BASE STRUCTURES IN MUTUALLY PARALLEL RELATION WHILE THE FORWARD AND PORTIONS OF SAID RUNNERS ARE FLEXIBLY FREE AND ARE LATERALLY DEFLECTABLE WITH RESPECT TO THE FIXED PORTIONS THEREOF AND ARE TERMINALLY CONNECTED WITH THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID PIVOTED CROSS-BAR WHEREBY A STEERING ROCKING OF THE PIVOTED CROSS-BAR IS OPERATIVE TO LATERALLY AND CORRESPONDINGLY DEFLECT THE RUNNER PORTIONS CONNECTED TO THE LATTER CROSS-BAR.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
262 words
IN A COASTER VEHICLE ADAPTED FOR ITS FREE COASTING MOVEMENT UPON AND ALONG A SUPPORTING SURFACE AND PROVIDING A BED FOR DIRECTLY SUPPORTING A RIDER, A PLANAR AND RIGID CHASSIS MEMBER DEPENDING FROM AND ROCKABLY SUPPORTING SAID VEHICLE BED FOR A LATERAL TILTING OF THE BODY ON THE CHASSIS MEMBER WITH RESPECT TO AN AXIS LONGITUDINAL OF THE BED, MEANS YIELDINGLY BIASING SAID CHASSIS MEMBER TOWARD A NORMAL PERPENDICULAR RELATION OF ITS PLANE TO SAID BED, A RUNNING GEAR PROVIDING LATERALLY SPACED CROSSBARS UPON WHICH THE CHASSIS MEMBER IS SUPORTED, AT LEAST ONE OF SAID CROSS-BARS BEING PIVOTALLY RELATED TO THE CHASSIS MEMBER FOR MOVEMENT IN A PLANE PARALLEL TO SAID LONGITUDINAL AXIS, MEANS COOPERATIVE BETWEEN THE BED AND THE PIVOTED SAID CROSS-BAR WHEREBY A TURNING MOVEMENT OF THE PIVOTED SAID CROSS-BAR WITH RELATION TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE VEHICLE WILL RESULT WHEN A TILTING MOVEMENT OF THE BED ABOUT SAID AXIS IS IMPARTED TO THE BED BY THE RIDER, AND LATERALLY SPACED RUNNERS CARRIED BY AND BENEATH A UNITARY BASE STRUCTURE WHICH DIRECTLY SUPPORTS THE CROSS-BARS FOR A STEERING TURNING OF THE PIVOTED CROSS-BAR, CORRESPONDING STRAIGHT REARWARD PORTIONS OF SAID RUNNERS BEIG FIXEDLY RELATED TO SAID RUNNER BASE STRUCTURES IN MUTUALLY PARALLEL RELATION WHILE THE FORWARD AND PORTIONS OF SAID RUNNERS ARE FLEXIBLY FREE AND ARE LATERALLY DEFLECTABLE WITH RESPECT TO THE FIXED PORTIONS THEREOF AND ARE TERMINALLY CONNECTED WITH THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID PIVOTED CROSS-BAR WHEREBY A STEERING ROCKING OF THE PIVOTED CROSS-BAR IS OPERATIVE TO LATERALLY AND CORRESPONDINGLY DEFLECT THE RUNNER PORTIONS CONNECTED TO THE LATTER CROSS-BAR.
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