Patent ID: 8162090

Claim:
A scooter comprising: a platform for receiving at least one foot of a rider standing on the platform; a front wheel for supporting a forward end of the platform; a rear wheel for supporting a rearward end of the platform; a steering mounting for supporting the front wheel for steering movement relative to the platform; a steering bar having a transverse handle bar at the top and standing upwardly from a position adjacent a front of the platform and connected to the steering mounting so that rotational movement of the steering bar applied by the rider to the handle bar causes the steering movement of the front wheel; the platform including a front part and a rear part connected by a single transverse hinge thereacross; the steering mounting being rigidly connected to the front part so that the steering mounting remains in a constant position and orientation relative to the front part while the steering mounting and the front part pivot about the single transverse hinge line; a hub of the rear wheel being rigidly connected to the rear part so that the rear wheel remains in a constant position and orientation relative to the rear part while the rear wheel and the rear part pivot about the single transverse hinge line; in an operating position the front part of the platform and the rear part of the platform lying in a common plane and arranged to receive the foot of the rider; in a folded position the rear part of the platform and the rear wheel being folded relative to the front part of the platform and the steering mounting through an angle of the order of 180 degrees from the operating position; wherein the steering bar is mounted in a headstock at its lower end supporting the steering bar for rotation about a generally vertical axis and wherein the front wheel is mounted in a front fork which is inclined forwardly and downwardly from the headstock to the axle of the front wheel which is mounted forwardly of headstock with the front fork pivotal in a steering action about an axis longitudinal to the fork at an angle inclined downwardly and forwardly relative to the generally vertical axis of the steering bar and wherein the steering bar is connected to the fork by a drive coupling which converts the rotation of the steering bar about the generally vertical axis to the rotation of the fork about the inclined axis.