Patent ID: 6435528
Filing Date: 2002-08-20
Classification: B60T,B62K,B62L

Abstract:
A wheel brake installed in a fork of a kick scooter and driven by a brake lever through a brake cable to stop a wheel of a kick scooter from rotation, the wheel brake comprising:a brake member pivoted to the fork of said kick scooter for selective engagement with said wheel, said brake member comprising a transverse axle projecting out of two sides of said brake member in the middle of said brake member and pivoted to said fork of said kick scooter, a brake shoe on one part of said brake member having a brake face adapted for pressing on the periphery of the wheel of said kick scooter to stop the wheel of said kick scooter from rotation, and an actuating base on another part of said brake member, fastened to said brake cable for enabling said brake member to be pulled by said brake lever to force said brake face against the periphery of the wheel of said kick scooter; spring means connected between the fork of said kick scooter and said brake member to hold said brake member in the non-operative position where said brake face is spaced away from the periphery of the wheel of said kick scooter; wherein the brake face of the brake shoe of said brake member is convexly curved and is embossed with a pattern of grooves, further comprising a locating member mounted in the rear actuating base of said brake member, said locating member having a threaded locating hole and a through hole extended through one end of said threaded locating hole for the passing of said brake cable, and a holding down screw adapted to be threaded into the threaded locating hole of said locating member to hold down said brake cable in the through hole of said locating member for enabling said brake member to be turned by said brake cable.