Abstract An "all terrain" scooter is provided with a large central tubular chassis having two central brackets supporting a platform. At the front, the tubular chassis bends upward through a notch in the platform upwardly above the front wheel to support a steering head tube. The steering head tube supports a cantilevered steering wheel support. This cantilevered wheel support includes a shaft mounting stub and includes mounted disc brake calipers. A removable axle shaft keys to the cantilevered steering wheel support at one end, supports the wheel medially of its cantilevered end, and fastens through the wheel bearings on a wheel bearing retention bolt to firmly hold the steered wheel in place. Facilitated wheel mounting is disclosed by placing steering wheel into position with the attached brake disc in the brake calipers, inserting the axle member through the axle support stub shaft and fastening the steered front wheel in place with the wheel shaft retention bolt. At the rear, the tubular frame is offset to one side of the chassis for cantilevered support of the rear driven wheel. From this portion of the frame, pivotal mounting of an engine having a protruding shaft with a tire driving surface occurs. A stub mounts a rear wheel support axle which can be removeably mounted by a single bolt. There results scooter which when shipped can support the enlarged wheels on the scooter platform minimizing article size.
A motor powered scooter for supporting a standing rider comprising in combination: a front steered wheel; a rear driven wheel; a platform that supports a standing rider on the scooter; a main structural tube disposed substantially horizontally along a longitudinal axis supporting along the longitudinal axis the front steered wheel at a forward end of the main structural tube, the rear driven wheel at a rear end of the main structural tube, and the platform on the main structural tube there between; at least one bracket on the main structural tube supporting the platform on the main structural tube in a horizontal disposition relative to the main structural tube; a head tube formed about a substantially vertical axis to the longitudinal axis, the head tube fastened at the forward end of the main structural tube; a cantilevered front wheel support rotatably mounted on the substantially vertical axis to the head tube supporting the steered front wheel on the longitudinal axis; a cantilevered axle mounted to the cantilevered front wheel support that supports the front steered wheel; the main structural tube at the rear end being bent to one side only away from a vertical plane, said vertical plane being defined by the longitudinal axis and the vertical axis, while the main structural tube remains in a horizontal plane, said horizontal plane being perpendicular to said vertical plane and containing said longitudinal axis; a cantilevered axle mounted to the bent rear end of the main structural tube supporting the rear driven wheel; and a motor operatively connected to the rear driven wheel that drives the rear driven wheel.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
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A motor powered scooter for supporting a standing rider comprising in combination: a front steered wheel; a rear driven wheel; a platform that supports a standing rider on the scooter; a main structural tube disposed substantially horizontally along a longitudinal axis supporting along the longitudinal axis the front steered wheel at a forward end of the main structural tube, the rear driven wheel at a rear end of the main structural tube, and the platform on the main structural tube there between; at least one bracket on the main structural tube supporting the platform on the main structural tube in a horizontal disposition relative to the main structural tube; a head tube formed about a substantially vertical axis to the longitudinal axis, the head tube fastened at the forward end of the main structural tube; a cantilevered front wheel support rotatably mounted on the substantially vertical axis to the head tube supporting the steered front wheel on the longitudinal axis; a cantilevered axle mounted to the cantilevered front wheel support that supports the front steered wheel; the main structural tube at the rear end being bent to one side only away from a vertical plane, said vertical plane being defined by the longitudinal axis and the vertical axis, while the main structural tube remains in a horizontal plane, said horizontal plane being perpendicular to said vertical plane and containing said longitudinal axis; a cantilevered axle mounted to the bent rear end of the main structural tube supporting the rear driven wheel; and a motor operatively connected to the rear driven wheel that drives the rear driven wheel.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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The motor powered scooter recited in claim 1, wherein the head tube is canted approximately 10 degrees toward the rear end of the main structural tube.