Patent ID: 6374694
Filing Date: 2002-04-23
Classification: A61G,B60T,B62B,B62K,F16C,Y10T

Abstract:
A hand brake device mountable on either handle of a wheeled vehicle, comprising:a brake lever including a first hole for anchoring a brake cable, two extended opposite curve members, two opposed recesses, an aperture, a second hole, and a generally half-circular groove around the second hole; a body member including a lateral through hole on the upper part for permitting the handle to insert into, an open space with the curve members of the brake lever received therein, two elongate bars received in the open space to serve as pivot of the recesses, a channel on a side, and two opposite dents on the sides of the channel; an actuator including a generally half-circular flange inserted into the groove, a stopper member inserted into the channel, a vertical lever, a slit, and a third hole; and a torsion spring having one end received in the slit and the other end inserted into the aperture, wherein when the brake lever is pulled toward or pushed away from the handle, the brake cable is tautened for braking the vehicle such that the stopper member clears from the channel, and further pulls or pushes the actuator to cause the end of the stopper member to be clung between the dents, thereby locking the vehicle.