Patent ID: 8713761
Filing Date: 2014-05-06
Classification: A01D,B62B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a handle bracket comprising: a pivot aperture; and a series of spaced detents; a handlebar having an end portion; and a handlebar coupling and adjustment unit comprising: a housing receiving the end portion of the handlebar therein; a pivot pin extending through the housing and the end portion to join the housing to the handlebar and extending through the pivot aperture to pivotally support the handlebar relative to the handle bracket; a manual grip; and a retaining pin connected to the manual grip and linearly translatable in a first direction by the manual grip from an extended positioned projecting into one of the detents to a withdrawn position, the manual grip being further rotatable while the retaining pin is in the withdrawn position between a locked position in which the housing contacts the manual grip to hold the manual grip with the retaining pin in the withdrawn position and an unlocked positioned in which the manual grip is linearly translatable in a second direction opposite to the first direction to return the retaining pin to the extended position.