Patent ID: 7377528
Filing Date: 2008-05-27
Classification: B62K

Abstract:
1. A cambering tricycle, comprising: a frame comprising a front wheel steering mechanism, a left and a right trailing arm, a left and a right arm folding mechanism, a left and a right rear wheel brake system, and a cambering mechanism; said front wheel steering mechanism having a handlebar mounted on a steering shaft which slides inside a steering shaft housing and pivots inside a steering column; said steering column having a front mounting block constructed to support said cambering mechanism which interconnects said steering column and said left and right trailing arms; said left and right trailing arms having foot pedals and wheel-mounts, and rear wheels mounted on said wheel mount; said steering shaft having a wheel mounting fork and a front wheel mounted on said mounting fork; said handlebar being locked onto said steering shaft by a handlebar locking mechanism comprising fixed and movable clamping pieces; said left and right rear wheel brake systems having brake handles, brake lines and brake shoes said cambering mechanism comprising a rocking-bar, two spherical bearings, a cylindrical polymer energy storing element, a left and a right cambering linkage, and a front and a central mounting block; said rocking-bar being attached to said two spherical bearings, each being mounted inside a left or right cambering linkage and said rocking-bar going through the inside of the cylindrical polymer energy storing element which is fitted inside said central mounting block; said left and right cambering linkages being connected by a front pilot pin through said front mounting block constructed on said steering column; said two spherical bearings each being mounted inside the left or right cambering linkage.