Patent ID: 9283807
Filing Date: 2016-03-15
CPC Classification: B60B

Claim Text:
1. A wheel comprising: a. A wheel hub having an axis of rotation; b. A wheel rim coupled to the hub by a plurality of spokes; c. The wheel rim being formed in the shape of an annular sinusoidal wave having a plurality of alternating crests and troughs extending away from a center line by an amplitude; d. The wheel rim being configured such that the spokes couple to the rim at the center line at an intersection of the crests and troughs; e. The spokes being separated from each other by a space extending from the wheel rim to the hub; f. wherein the annular sinusoidal wave forming the wheel rim has a width, the width being less than the amplitude, and g. wherein the hub and spokes are configured to bias the wheel towards a rotational plane oriented perpendicularly to the axis of rotation of the hub, the hub and spokes being further configured to permit the wheel to pivot into a plurality of rotational planes which are not perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the hub.