Patent ID: 6290304
Filing Date: 2001-09-18
Classification: B60B,B62K

Abstract:
A quick connect/release wheel and hub assembly comprising:a first hub portion constructed for rotation about an axis and having a dovetail groove formed therein generally transverse to the axis;a second hub portion constructed for rotation about the axis and having a mating dovetail ridge formed therein generally transverse to the axis, the dovetail ridge being positioned to be engaged in the dovetail groove by relative transverse movement of the first and second hub portions from a non-coaxial orientation into a coaxial orientation, the engaged dovetail ridge and dovetail groove holding the first and second hub portions fixedly together in the coaxial orientation;a wheel attached to one of the first and second hub portions for rotation with the one of the first and second hub portions about the axis; anda movable member coupled to one of the first and second hub portions and movable between a connect position in which the first and second hub portions are held in the coaxial orientation and relative transverse movement of the first and second hub portions is prevented, and a release position in which relative transverse movement of the first and second hub portions from the coaxial orientation into the non-coaxial orientation is allowed.