Sectional velocipede

Claim 1

A sectional velocipede comprising a seat, steering means, wheels, and a sectional readily separable frame for interconnecting same; said frame including a front section on which said steering means and at least one wheel are mounted, said frame front section having at least one rearwardly extending elongated support member, and a rear section on which said seat and at least one wheel are mounted, said frame rear section having at least one forwardly extending elongated support member; and connecting means removably securing said support members in assembled longitudinally aligned relation, said connecting means having complemental components fixedly secured to said support members, one component including a tongue unit projecting axially from one support member and having a flattened end face, said tongue unit being provided with an annularly tapered transversely extending hole spaced from the end face, one end of the hole terminating at one side surface of the tongue unit and having a larger diameter than the opposite end of the hole terminating at the opposite side surface of the tongue unit, and a second component of said connecting means including a bifurcated piece having a pair of spaced elongated branches projecting longitudinally from the other support member and having the ends of said branches adjacent said other support member interconnected by a portion having an exposed flattened surface, said branches provided with aligned, transversely extending openings spaced from the exposed flattened surface of the bifurcated piece a distance substantially equal to the distance the hole is spaced from the end face of said tongue unit, the opening in one branch having a greater diameter than the opening in the other branch, said tongue unit being sandwiched between said branches whereby said hole is in registration with said openings, said opposite end of said tapered hole being of larger diameter than the opening in said other branch and being ajdacent said other branch, the tongue unit being in a snug sliding relation with said branches when said complemental components are being assembled together, a pintle removably disposed within said registered hole and openings and threaded into one of said openings to effect interlocking of said connecting means components in assembled relation, said pintle having an annularly tapered shank portion which coacts with said tapered hole, when said pintle is moved into assembled relation with said components, to cam the latter towards one another whereby the flattened end face of said tongue unit moves into abutting relation with the flattened surface of the portion of the bifurcated piece whereby said support members assume an aligned end to end fixed inflexible relation; said connecting means components, when in assembled relation, having an exterior configuration substantially corresponding to the exterior configuration of the adjacent support members.