Patent ID: 7870809

Claim:
A handlebar assembly comprising a lower base portion ( 101 ) that is adapted to support a handlebar ( 202 ), said handlebar having a centre at a midpoint through a guide means that is so constructed and arranged to permit said handlebar ( 202 ) to move along a path relative to said lower base portion ( 101 ), whereby upon movement of said handlebar ( 202 ) along said path in a direction left or right relative to a central position, said handlebar ( 202 ) tilts and said centre of said handlebar ( 202 ) moves downwards relative to said lower base portion ( 101 ) as well as horizontally from said central position, wherein said guide means comprises one or more links defining a linkage, wherein said linkage comprises at least two non-parallel links being connected at one point along said link to said lower base portion and at a different point along said link to a support for said handlebar, and wherein said two points where said links join said support for said handlebar are spaced apart further than the two points where said links join said lower base portion, said non-parallel links leaning outwardly from one another when said handlebar is in said central position.