Patent ID: 6510927
Filing Date: 2003-01-28
Classification: B60T,B62B,Y10S

Abstract:
A locking device for wheels of a golf cart, comprisinga control member disposed below a handle of said golf cart; said control member including: (1) a housing consisting of a left housing part and a right housing part; said housing parts defining an elongated space there between; said housing having an opening at a first end and an elongated gap; said left housing part having a plurality of guiding protrusions each aligned with one of guiding protrusions of said right housing part; (2) a movable member movably received in said housing with a first end thereof being arranged close to said first end of said housing; said movable member having elongated holes; said aligned guiding protrusions being passed through a respective one of said elongated holes for guiding a movement of said movable element along said elongated space of said housing; said movable element having an engaging pole sticking up in said housing, and a ring-shaped part sticking out through said elongated gap of said housing; (3) a detaining element including a button portion and an engaging end; said detaining element being received in said housing, and biased towards said right housing part by a first spring so as to allow said button portion to stick out through a through hole of said right housing part; said engaging end being capable of engaging with said engaging pole of said movable element to fix said movable element in a first position when said movable element is moved away from said first end of said housing by said ring-shaped part; and a locking member including: (1) a steel rope secured to said movable element at a first end thereof; (2) a locating element fixedly disposed adjacent to an inner side of one of two rear wheels of said golf cart; said locating element having a receiving hole having an outer end facing said rear wheel; (3) an engaging rod movable received in said receiving hole; said engaging rod being connected to a second end of said steel rope so as to be moved together with said movable element, and being biased toward said rear wheel by a second spring confined in said receiving hole so as to stick out through said receiving hole from an outer end portion thereof; whereby said rear wheel of said golf cart can be locked at an immobile position when said engaging rod is released to be biased outwards by said second spring to engage with radial protrusions on said inner side of said rear wheel by means of making said movable element disengage from said detaining element; said rear wheel is unlocked from said immobile position when said engaging rod is moved inwardly of said receiving hole to disengage from said rear wheel by means of pushing said movable element away from said first end of said housing.