Patent ID: 8215201

Claim:
A steering assembly for a vehicle, the steering assembly comprising: a yoke having a yoke body comprising an upper yoke portion adjacent a lower yoke portion with an integral yoke shoulder formed therebetween, the upper yoke portion having a yoke arm extending therefrom, the lower yoke portion having an opening configured to receive a detent member; handlebars directly coupled to the yoke and the handlebars are rotationally fixed and vertically adjustable with the yoke; a compressible biasing member having a first end and a second end, the first end in contact with the yoke shoulder; a collar having a collar arm extending from a cylindrical collar body, the collar arm arranged to be manually grasped in conjunction with the yoke arm such that the collar may be moved relative to the yoke; and a steering post sized to be received by at least the lower yoke portion, the steering post having a non-circular outer surface configured to complementarily cooperate with a non-circular inner surface of at least the lower yoke portion to transfer torque through contact between the surfaces, the outer surface having a set of discrete circumferentially spaced recessed portions generally at a same axial position on the outer surface, and at least one other recessed portion axially spaced from the set along the steering post, the individual recessed portions being sized to selectively engage with the detent member of the yoke, wherein the collar frictionally urges the detent member into one of the recessed portions until the collar arm is manually moved toward the yoke arm to compress the biasing member, and wherein the lower yoke portion, the collar and the biasing member are substantially concentrically aligned about an axis defined by the steering post.