Patent ID: 8657303

Claim:
A scooter including: (a) a body made up of: a deck chassis having a foot rest surface; a handle bar assembly; at least one rear wheel and at least one front wheel each supported by the body and rotatable around an axis, wherein the deck chassis extends between the at least one front wheel and the at least one rear wheel; (b) at least one linking member on the scooter that engages a linking mechanism used to releasably attach the scooter to a child buggy having at least one frame member and thereby link the scooter to the child buggy, the at least one linking member located approximate to the at least one front wheel end of the deck chassis; and (c) wherein, the linking mechanism that links the scooter to the child buggy includes: a base section having a first end that engages the at least one frame member on the child buggy and a second end that receives at least one of the at least one linking members; wherein the first end of the base section mates with a fixing section about the at least one frame member of the child buggy; wherein the second end of the base section mates with a plate cover section and which contains there between a plate; wherein the second end of the base section, plate cover and plate have at least one aperture there-between into which the at least one linking member may be inserted and retained therein; and wherein the plate engages together with one or more recesses on the at least one linking member to retain the at least one linking member within a receiving aperture or apertures in the linking mechanism.