Patent ID: 6450516
Filing Date: 2002-09-17
Classification: B62K

Abstract:
A scooter with an adjustable seat assembly comprising:a scooter frame assembly; a front support wheel; a rear support wheel; a steering assembly; a user standing platform; and an adjustable height seat assembly; the scooter frame assembly including a stand support portion formed by a pair of laterally spaced, longitudinally extending tube members and having a forward support portion end rigidly connected to a head tube attachment structure and a rear support portion end rigidly connected to a rear wheel attachment frame portion the rear support portion end being formed by curved rearward portions of the tube members which extends upwardly, forwardly, and laterally to terminate at a point of intersection, the rear support portion end at the point of intersection being connected to a forward surface of a seat tube portion of the scooter frame assembly that extends upwardly from the stand support portion; the rear wheel attachment frame portion including a pair of spaced-apart, V-shaped wheel support stay members each having a rear wheel connection structure at an apex portion thereof and two stay members extending from the apex portion and terminating in rigid connection with the seat tube portion; the user standing platform being secured to the stand support portion and having a substantially planar user stand area; the steering assembly including a handle bar member, a front wheel fork, a head tube, and a steering rod; the head tube being rigidly connected to the head tube attachment structure of the scooter frame assembly at a rake angle with respect to a line oriented perpendicularly to the substantially planar user stand area of the user standing platform of between zero and thirty degrees; the steering rod having a center rod portion rotatably entrapped within the head tube, a top rod portion in adjustable connection with the handle bar member and a bottom rod portion rigidly connected to a top fork portion of the front wheel fork; the front wheel fork having a pair of spaced fork members each provided with a front wheel connecting structure; the front wheel connecting structures and the rear wheel connection structures being positioned with respect to each other such that, when the rear support wheel is rotatably attached to the rear wheel attachment frame portion and the front support wheel is rotatably attached to the front wheel fork of the steering assembly, the stand support portion of the scooter frame assembly is supported above a line drawn between a bottom rear support wheel surface and a bottom front support wheel surface a distance greater than two inches; the adjustable height seat assembly including a seat post, a seat member and a seat post locking clamp; the seat post having a first post end portion positioned within the seat tube portion of the scooter frame assembly and a second post end portion supporting the seat member; the seat member having a top user support seat surface; the seat post locking clamp being in connection with a top end of the seat tube portion of the scooter frame assembly in a manner to allow a user to secure the first post end portion in a variety of positions with respect to the seat tube portion of the scooter frame assembly and in a manner such that the top user support seat surface of the seat member is positionable between a lowermost seat position wherein the top user support seat surface of the seat member is positioned below a line drawn between a top rear support wheel surface and a top front support wheel surface a distance of at least two inches and an uppermost seat position wherein the top user support seat surface of the seat member is positioned above a line drawn between a top rear support wheel surface and a top front support wheel surface a distance of at least three inches; the user standing platform having a standing surface positioned a minimum distance of three inches below a line drawn between the rear wheel connection structure and the front wheel connecting structure.