Patent ID: 9598133
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: B62J,B62K,B62M

Claim:
1. A tri-fold chassis for a vehicle, comprising: a folding chassis assembly including a channel configured to receive a front wheel and a rear wheel and operably attached to (i) a rotatably-lockable front strut supporting a front wheel assembly having the front wheel, the front strut having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end of the front strut attaching to the channel at a rotatably-lockable front strut pivot; and (ii) a rotatably-lockable rear strut supporting a rear wheel assembly having the rear wheel, the rear strut having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end of the rear strut attaching to the channel at a rotatably-lockable rear strut pivot; wherein, the channel is configured for receiving the front strut and the rear strut upon a collapsing of the vehicle, the collapsing including rotating the rotatably-lockable front strut into the channel at the rotatably-lockable front strut pivot and rotating the rotatably-lockable rear strut into the channel at the rotatably-lockable rear strut pivot, the channel configured to protect a user of the vehicle from the front wheel and the rear wheel upon the collapsing; and, the channel, the front strut, and/or the rear strut are configured to be telescoping.