Patent ID: 6357767
Filing Date: 2002-03-19
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A wheeled conveyance of a type designed to be moved by pushing, pulling, or pedaling along a supporting surface, the wheeled conveyance having a metal chassis and having wheels, which are adapted to support the metal chassis above the supporting surface and which may isolate the metal chassis electrically from the supporting surface, the metal chassis being adapted to be grounded to the supporting surface by an elongate member arranged to drag along the supporting surface when the wheeled conveyance is moved along the supporting surface, the elongate member being made from a non-metallic, static-dissipative material, at least where the elongate member drags along the supporting surface, wherein each wheel has an axle, on which said wheel is rotatable, and wherein the elongate member is mounted mechanically and electrically to the axle of one of the wheels.