Patent ID: 6875158
Filing Date: 2005-04-05
Classification: B62K

Abstract:
1. A twist vehicle comprising: a vehicle frame having a mounting hole formed thereon to communicate an upper side of said vehicle frame to a bottom side thereof; a rear wheel assembly rotatably mounted underneath a rear portion of said vehicle frame; a twisting unit, which comprises: a connecting member rotatably supported by said vehicle frame, wherein said connecting member has an upper control portion extended above said vehicle frame, and a lower driving portion extended underneath said upper driving portion through said mounting hole and arranged in such a manner that when a rotational motion is imparted to said upper control portion, said lower driving portion rotates accordingly; a steering member detachably mounted on said upper control portion of said connecting member; a twisting member having a front portion mounted on said lower driving portion of said connecting member; and a driving wheel assembly mounted on a rear portion of said twisting member, wherein when subsequent clockwise and anti-clockwise movements are imparted to said steering member, said twisting member rotates accordingly about said connecting member so as to drive said twist vehicle to move; and a wheel shaft support arrangement which comprises: a steering wheel shaft supporting frame, having an arc shape, having two connecting ends and a guiding slot formed between said two connecting ends; and a mounting means containing two securing slots spacedly and vertically provided on said vehicle frame such that said mounting hole is positioned between said securing slots, and comprising a connector detachably locked at said upper control portion of said connecting member, wherein said two connecting ends of said steering wheel shaft supporting frame are slidably inserted into said securing slots respectively to detachably mount said steering wheel shaft support frame on said vehicle frame at a position such that said guiding slot is coaxially align with said mounting hole of said vehicle frame such that when said connector is attached to said upper control portion of said connecting member at a position above said steering wheel shaft supporting frame, said upper control portion of said connecting member is rotatably supported by said steering wheel shaft supporting frame through said guiding slot so as to substantially lock up said connecting member with said vehicle frame in a rotatably movable manner.