Patent ID: 6450517
Filing Date: 2002-09-17
Classification: B62K,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A folding collapsible kick scooter comprising:a handlebar folding structure, said handlebar folding structure comprising a right handlebar, said right handlebar comprising a coupling groove transversely disposed at an inner end thereof and a through hole disposed at one end of said coupling groove, a left handlebar, said left handlebar comprising a receptacle disposed at an inner end thereof, a through hole extending through a center of said receptacle, a coupling rib transversely disposed at a back sidewall of the inner end thereof and adapted for engaging the coupling groove of said right handlebar, a handlebar stem, said handlebar stem comprising a top receiving open chamber and a horizontal through hole, a locking lever and screw rod assembly, said locking lever and screw rod assembly comprising a screw rod inserted in proper order through the horizontal through hole of said handlebar stem, the through hole of said right handlebar and the through hole of said left handlebar and a locking lever pivoted to one end of said screw rod and receivable within said top receiving open chamber of said handlebar stem, a headed female screw threadedly engaged with the screw rod of said locking lever and screw rod assembly and received in the receptacle of said left handlebar, and a compression spring received in the receptacle of said left handlebar and stopped between said left handlebar and a head of said headed female screw; and a head tube folding structure, said head tube folding structure comprising a head tube mounting frame fixedly fastened to a head tube, said head tube mounting frame comprising a transversely extended locating rod, a first pivot, a footplate mounting frame fixedly fastened to a footplate and pivoted to said head tube mounting frame by said first pivot for enabling said head tube mounting frame together with said head tube to be pivoted relative to said footplate between an extended position and a collapsed position, said footplate mounting frame comprising a hook for stopping at the transversely extended locating rod of said head tube mounting frame while in said extended position, a second pivot, a locking lever pivoted to said head tube mounting frame by said second pivot and adapted to hold down the transversely extended locating rod of said head tube mounting frame on the hook of said footplate mounting frame, and a torsional spring mounted on said second pivot and stopped between the locking lever of said head tube folding structure and said head tube mounting frame.