Patent ID: 8753155
Filing Date: 2014-06-17
Classification: B60B,B60F,B62D,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A folding wheel having a rolling shape substantially corresponding to a circle with a wheel diameter and a center, the folding wheel comprising: a center wheel section encompassing the center and adapted to be mounted to an axle at the center, and having a first side substantially corresponding to a first chord of the circle and a second side opposite the first side and substantially corresponding to a second chord of the circle; a first wheel segment pivotally attached to the center wheel section about a first pivot axis extending along the first side of the center wheel section; a second wheel segment pivotally attached to the center wheel section about a second pivot axis extending along the second side of the center wheel section; wherein the first and second wheel segments are movable from a rolling orientation, where outer edges of the first and second wheel segments are aligned with an outer edge of the center wheel section such that the folding wheel takes the rolling shape, to a folded orientation where the first and second wheel segments extend laterally away from the respective first and second pivot axes.