Patent ID: 7866428
Filing Date: 2011-01-11
Classification: A61G,A63B,B60N,B62D,B62K,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A two person golf cart comprising: a main frame with a rear frame portion supported by a left driven rear wheel and a right driven rear wheel and a front frame portion supported by a left steered front wheel and a right steered front wheel both of which are mounted on a front axle that is pivotally attached to the main frame by a pivot pin for pivotal movement about a generally horizontal fore and aft axis; a rear seat pivotally attached to the main frame for pivotal movement about a vertical axis to position physically challenged golfers in positions to swing golf clubs and hit golf balls on either side of the two person golf cart while at least partially supported by the rear seat; a rear foot rest surface on the main frame forward of the rear seat; a front seat post clamped to a forward portion of the main frame and including a foot platform support beam assembly attached to the front seat post and extending forward from a lower end of the front seat post and a front foot rest secured to the foot platform support beam assembly; a steering tiller journaled on the foot platform support beam assembly for pivotal movement about a tiller axis that extends upward and to the rear, a drive sprocket fixed to the steering tiller adjacent to a bottom side of the foot platform support beam assembly and pivotable about the tiller axis together with the steering tiller, a driven sprocket journaled on the front seat post to the rear of the drive sprocket for pivotal movement about a driven sprocket axis that is parallel to the tiller axis, an endless chain trained around the drive sprocket and the driven sprocket, a tie rod control arm secured to the driven sprocket and pivotable with the driven sprocket, a left tie rod connected to the tie rod control arm and to a left wheel spindle and yoke assembly, that rotatably supports the left steered front wheel, a right tie rod connected to the tie rod control arm and to a right wheel spindle and yoke assembly that rotatably supports the right steered front wheel, and wherein pivotal movement of the steering tiller will pivot the left wheel spindle and yoke assembly and the right wheel spindle and yoke assembly relative to the front axle; a front seat mounted on the front seat post; and wherein the front foot rest is a foot support plate secured to the foot platform support beam assembly and includes a foot support surface forward of and below the front seat.