Patent ID: 6012539
Filing Date: 2000-01-11
Classification: B62D,B62K

Abstract:
A motor powered scooter for supporting a standing rider comprising in combination:a front steered wheel;a rear driven wheel;a platform that supports a standing rider on the scooter;a main structural tube disposed substantially horizontally along a longitudinal axis supporting along the longitudinal axis the front steered wheel at a forward end of the main structural tube, the rear driven wheel at a rear end of the main structural tube, and the platform on the main structural tube there between;at least one bracket on the main structural tube supporting the platform on the main structural tube in a horizontal disposition relative to the main structural tube;a head tube formed about a substantially vertical axis to the longitudinal axis, the head tube fastened at the forward end of the main structural tube;a cantilevered front wheel support rotatably mounted on the substantially vertical axis to the head tube supporting the steered front wheel on the longitudinal axis;a cantilevered axle mounted to the cantilevered front wheel support that supports the front steered wheel;the main structural tube at the rear end being bent to one side only away from a vertical plane, said vertical plane being defined by the longitudinal axis and the vertical axis, while the main structural tube remains in a horizontal plane, said horizontal plane being perpendicular to said vertical plane and containing said longitudinal axis;a cantilevered axle mounted to the bent rear end of the main structural tube supporting the rear driven wheel; anda motor operatively connected to the rear driven wheel that drives the rear driven wheel.