Patent ID: 7637521

Claim:
A bracket for attaching a steering assembly to a frame of a cycle vehicle, the steering assembly including a handlebar and a single front axle which supports a single front wheel; before an installation of the bracket on the cycle vehicle the steering assembly pivots about a first steering axis allowing an operator to steer the vehicle, the first steering axis being in a vertical longitudinal plane and being defined by a single head tube at a front of the frame; the bracket is installed on the single head tube at the front of the frame after removal of the steering assembly from the single head tube thereby rendering the first steering axis to be non-functional; the bracket comprising: front bracket means which pivotally attaches to the steering assembly, the front bracket means defining and providing a new steering axis; rear bracket means for rigidly attaching directly to the single head tube at the front of the frame; and middle bracket means for connecting said front bracket means to said rear bracket means, wherein said middle bracket means is further defined as comprising; a bracket middle front portion for attaching to said front bracket means, and a bracket middle rear portion for attaching to said rear bracket means, wherein said bracket middle front portion and said bracket middle rear portion are pivotally connected to one another, and said bracket middle front portion and said bracket middle rear portion pivot with respect to one another about a horizontal transverse axis, wherein relative positions of the bracket middle front portion and the bracket middle rear portion define an adjustment angle, and an actuator which adjusts and controls said adjustment angle; wherein said bracket provides the new steering axis about which the steering assembly pivots after the bracket is attached rigidly and directly to the head tube at the front of the frame thereby providing a steering function for the vehicle allowing the operator to steer the cycle vehicle, the new steering axis eliminating the first steering axis and the new steering axis being in the vertical longitudinal plane.