Patent ID: 8820776
Filing Date: 2014-09-02
Classification: A63B,B62B

Abstract:
1. A folding golf cart comprising: a bottom frame with a front end and a back end; a pillar with a top end and a bottom end, the bottom end hingedly coupled to the back end of the bottom frame; a folding connecting rod with a first end and a second end, the first end hingedly coupled to the back end of the bottom frame a handle with a connector on a bottom portion, the connector having a first end coupled to the top end of the pillar, and a second end coupled to the second end of the folding connecting rod; a sliding seat coupled to the pillar and operable to slide along a length of the pillar between the top end and the bottom end; a first rear wheel carrier with a front end connected on a first side of the sliding seat and a back end coupled to a first rear wheel; a second rear wheel carrier with a front end connected on a second side of the sliding seat and a back end coupled to a second rear wheel; a first support rod with a first end hingedly coupled to the bottom end of the pillar and a second end hingedly coupled to the first rear wheel carrier; a second support rod with a first end hingedly coupled to the bottom end of the pillar and a second end hingedly coupled to the second rear wheel carrier; a connecting rod with a first end coupled to a front of the sliding seat and a second end coupled to the bottom frame; a front wheel coupled to the front end of the bottom frame; a lock device on the top end of the pillar operable to transition the connector between a locked position and a released position, the lock device comprising: a fixed seat on the top of the pillar; a pushing slip sheet received within the fixed seat, the pushing slip sheet having a top and a bottom and an angled thrust surface between the top and the bottom; a brake pillar coupled to the connector, the brake pillar having a head and a locking trough proximate the head; first and second rotatable locking pieces received within the fixed seat in a vertical direction, the first and second rotatable locking pieces each having a sloping surface toward the brake pillar and a raised toggle post on a top end, wherein the thrust surface of the pushing slip sheet rests against the raised toggle posts of the first and second rotatable locking pieces, and a button coupled to the top of the pushing slip sheet.