Patent ID: 6302422
Filing Date: 2001-10-16
Classification: B62K,F16B

Abstract:
A foldable bicycle comprising:rear and front frames respectively having rear and front wheel axles that extend in first and second axes parallel to each other, and that are provided with rear and front wheels mounted respectively thereon;a rear anchoring member secured to said rear wheel axle and outboard to said rear wheel, and including:an outer lateral wall having a first periphery, and disposed opposite to said rear wheel in a first axial direction parallel to the first axis, anda circumferential wall extending from said first periphery of said outer lateral wall in the first axial direction and towards said rear wheel, and including front and rear wall portions opposite to each other in a first direction transverse to the first axial direction, said front wall portion defining an insert slot disposed to extend towards said rear wall portion to form a first abutment wall which extends in the first axial direction and in a second transverse direction transverse to both the first axial direction and the first transverse direction, and which defines a first distance with said front wall portion, whereinsaid outer lateral wall includes upper and lower guiding surfaces respectively extending in the first transverse direction and forwards to communicate with said front wall portion, and rearwards to upper and lower terminal portions which respectively define with said front wall portion, second and third distances, each of which is shorter than the first distance, said upper and lower guiding surfaces respectively extending in the first axial direction and being disposed to be spaced apart from each other by a fourth distance in the second transverse direction so as to confine a cutout portion communicated with said insert slot; anda front anchored member secured to said front wheel axle and outboard to said front wheel, and including:an inserted outer annular portion having an annular inner periphery thereof surrounding the second axis, said inserted outer annular portion being of such a thickness in a second axial direction parallel to the second axis as to be insertable into said insert slot, said inserted outer annular portion including a second abutment wall disposed to be forward to said front wheel axle in the first transverse direction, and extending in the second axial direction so as to abut against said first abutment wall when said front wheel is folded to thereby bring said second abutment wall to face said first abutment wall, and said inserted outer annular portion is inserted into said insert slot, anda guided annular portion disposed to extend from said annular inner periphery of said inserted outer annular portion in the first axial direction and towards said front wheel, and having upper and lower contact parts opposite to each other in the second transverse direction such that when said inserted outer annular portion is brought to be inserted into said insert slot in the first transverse direction, said upper and lower contact parts will slidably engage said upper and lower guiding surfaces, respectively.