Patent ID: 7914030

Claim:
A braking and steering assembly in a vehicle having a pushing section and a riding section, the assembly comprising: a brake lever for controlling a first front brake cable; a rotatable front knob having a central aperture, the central aperture having an upper portion and a lower portion; an upper connection post having an upper end and a lower threaded end, the upper end fixedly engaging the lower portion of the central aperture of the rotatable front knob; a lower connection post aligned with the upper connection post, the lower connection post having a cable slide therein, the cable slide having a threaded aperture at an upper end; a cable rod having a first end slidably disposed within the upper connection post and a second end threadedly connected to an inner surface of the cable slide in the lower connection post; a cable adjuster disposed within the central aperture of the rotatable front knob and connected to the upper portion of the central aperture; a biasing member arranged between the cable rod and the cable adjuster; and a cable stop disposed at an end of the cable rod for clamping a terminal end of the first front brake cable, wherein the first front brake cable extends from the brake lever through the cable adjuster, the biasing member and the cable rod and terminates at the cable stop, and wherein the lower connection post includes a second front brake cable that extends from a pair of front wheels of the vehicle and terminates in the cable slide.