Patent ID: 8882145

Claim:
A steering column assembly for a personal transport vehicle having a conventional two wheel steering mechanism and a central horizontal fore-aft frame member, said steering assembly comprising: a torsion shaft, a plurality of bearings, a plurality of bearing mounts and at least one foot pad; said bearing mounts being fixedly attached to and extending upwardly from said central horizontal fore-aft frame member in a generally fore-aft line, with each of said plurality of bearing mounts being adapted to receive and fixedly hold one of said plurality of bearings in position so as to rotatably receive and support said torsion shaft; said torsion shaft having a top side and a fore end; said at least one foot pad being fixedly attached to said top side of said torsion shaft; said fore end of said torsion shaft being connectable to a Pitman arm of a conventional steering assembly on said personal transport vehicle, operable to steer said vehicle by applying pressure to said at least one footpad.