Patent ID: 8123243

Claim:
A land vehicle compactable into a folded position from an operating condition, the land vehicle comprising: a main beam; a chain-ring assembly comprising a chain ring mounted on a chain-ring axle wherein the chain-ring assembly is connected to the main beam by a first connection that is detachable; a chain-ring pivot structurally connecting the chain-ring assembly to the main beam and operable to rotate the chain-ring assembly forward upon detaching the first connection to the main beam; a chain stay structurally connecting the chain-ring axle and a rear-wheel axle; a rear-wheel pivot dividing the chain stay into two segments, a first segment from the rear-wheel axle to the rear-wheel pivot and a second segment from the chain-ring axle to the rear-wheel pivot; a rear-wheel assembly comprising: a rear wheel; the rear-wheel axle; and the first segment, wherein the rear-wheel assembly is connected to a structural point positioned along a section of the land vehicle selected from the group consisting of: the main beam and the chain-ring assembly by a detachable second connection; and, wherein the rear-wheel pivot is operable to rotate the rear-wheel assembly forward upon detaching the detachable second connection from the structural point positioned along a section of the land vehicle selected from the group consisting of: the main beam and the chain-ring assembly.