Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
  • B62J—CYCLE SADDLES OR SEATS; AUXILIARY DEVICES OR ACCESSORIES SPECIALLY ADAPTED TO CYCLES AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. ARTICLE CARRIERS OR CYCLE PROTECTORS
  • B62J1/00—Saddles or other seats for cycles; Arrangement thereof; Component parts
  • B62J1/28—Other additional equipment, e.g. back-rests for children
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
  • B62J—CYCLE SADDLES OR SEATS; AUXILIARY DEVICES OR ACCESSORIES SPECIALLY ADAPTED TO CYCLES AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. ARTICLE CARRIERS OR CYCLE PROTECTORS
  • B62J6/00—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices on cycles; Mounting or supporting thereof; Circuits therefor
  • B62J6/01—Electric circuits
  • B62J6/015—Electric circuits using electrical power not supplied by the cycle motor generator, e.g. using batteries or piezo elements
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
  • B62K—CYCLES; CYCLE FRAMES; CYCLE STEERING DEVICES; RIDER-OPERATED TERMINAL CONTROLS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR CYCLES; CYCLE AXLE SUSPENSIONS; CYCLE SIDE-CARS, FORECARS, OR THE LIKE
  • B62K9/00—Children's cycles
  • B62K9/02—Tricycles

Definitions

• This invention relates to improvements in and relating to vehicles, for example, self-propelled and/or foot-propelled and/or pedal vehicles such as tricycles, bicycles, scooters, micro-scooters, and collapsible scooters.
• vehicle for example, self-propelled and/or foot-propelled and/or pedal vehicles such as tricycles, bicycles, scooters, micro-scooters, and collapsible scooters.
• the invention particularly, though not exclusively, relates to such vehicles adapted for use by children or infants .
• the invention also relates to an improved seat, for example, for use with a plaything such as a vehicle or seesaw.
• Pedal vehicles such as tricycles, and other self- propelled or foot-propelled vehicles, such as scooters, are popular with children, infants and young people as recreational or play articles.
• a vehicle and/or seat may become desirous to a user to use with such effect.
• such arrangement may cause the vehicle and/or user to become more visible to others. Thus safety may be promoted.
• a self-propelled or foot-propelled vehicle such as a tricycle, comprising at least one illuminatable means on a seat thereof.
• the vehicle may comprise a tricycle, e.g. for use by children or infants.
• the vehicle may comprise left and right pedals carried by or fixed to a front wheel thereof.
• the front wheel of the vehicle may be larger in diameter than the rear wheels of the vehicle.
• the vehicle may be a so-called "hog" type tricycle.
• the at least one illuminatable means may comprise a plurality of lights, e.g. light emitting diodes (LEDs) .
• the lights may be of a same colour or of a mixture of colours .
• At least some of the illuminatable means may be provided on or distributed around at least part of a periphery of the seat.
• At least some of the illuminatable means may be provided on or distributed over a front and/or an upper facing surface (s) of the seat.
• At least some of the illuminatable means may be at least partly visible or not obscured when a user is seated on the seat, in use.
• At least some of the illuminatable means may be provided, in use, adjacent a side of a user.
• the seat may comprise a base portion (or seating or buttock support) and a back portion (or back or lumbar support) .
• the seat may be made at least partly from plastic, which may be moulded.
• the base portion and the back portion may be formed in one piece.
• the back portion may comprise a/the front facing surface and a rear facing surface.
• the back portion may be solid or preferably hollow.
• the base portion may comprise an/the upper facing surface and a lower facing surface.
• the base portion may be solid or preferably hollow.
• the base portion or upper facing portion may have a first and second (left and right) side peripheral portions and a third (front/foremost) peripheral portion.
• the back portion or upper facing portion may have first and second (left and right) side peripheral portions and a third (rear/uppermost top/uppermost) peripheral portion.
• the illuminatable means may be disposed on or adjacent to one or more of the peripheral portions, e.g. in a line(s) or string thereat, therealong or therearound.
• the illuminatable means may be spaced along one or more of the peripheral portion(s), e.g. substantially equally spaced.
• the illuminatable means are provided at or adjacent to all of the peripheral portions except the third (front/foremost peripheral portion) of the base portion.
• the side peripheral portions of the base portion and optionally the front peripheral portion may, in use, be higher than a central portion of the base portion.
• the side peripheral portions of the back portion may, in use, be forward of a central portion of the back portion.
• the seat may be shaped or configured as a "bucket" type seat.
• the at least one illuminatable means may be powered by one or more batteries , which may be provided on or adjacent the seat, e.g. in a battery compartment which may be in or on a rear surface of the seat.
• the batteries may be accessible by a releasably securable cover.
• Circuitry connecting the illuminatable means to the one or more batteries may include an on/off switch.
• the switch may provide a number of "on" positions to allow a user to select the at least one illuminatable means to illuminate continuously or to operate in a predetermined sequence under the control of electronic control means .
• a seat comprising at least one illuminatable means thereon.
• the at least one illuminatable means may comprise a plurality of lights, e.g. light emitting diodes (LEDs).
• the lights may be of a same colour or of a mixture of colours .
• At least some of the illuminatable means may be provided on or distributed around at least part of a periphery of the seat.
• At least some of the illuminatable means may be provided on or distributed over a front and/or an upper facing surface (s) of the seat.
• At least some of the illuminatable means may be at least partly visible or not obscured when a user is seated on the seat, in use.
• At least some of the illuminatable means may be provided, in use, adjacent a side of a user.
• the seat may comprise a base portion (or seating or buttock support) and a back portion (or back or lumbar support) .
• the seat may be made at least partly from plastic, which may be moulded.
• the base portion and the back portion may be formed in one piece.
• the back portion may comprise a/the front facing surface and a rear facing surface.
• the back portion may be solid or preferably hollow.
• the base portion may comprise an/the upper facing surface and a lower facing surface.
• the base portion may be solid or preferably hollow.
• the base portion or upper facing portion may have a first and second (left and right) side peripheral portions and a third (front/foremost) peripheral portion.
• the back portion or upper facing portion may have first and second (left and right) side peripheral portions and a third (rear/uppermost top/uppermost) peripheral portion.
• the illuminatable means may be disposed on or adjacent to one or more of the peripheral portions, e.g. in a line(s) or string thereat, therealong or therearound.
• the illuminatable means may be spaced along one or more of the peripheral portion (s), e.g. substantially equally spaced.
• the illuminatable means are provided at or adjacent to all of the peripheral portions except the third (front/foremost peripheral portion) of the base portion.
• the side peripheral portions of the base portion and optionally the front peripheral portion may, in use, be higher than a central portion of the base portion.
• the side peripheral portions of the back portion may, in use, be forward of a central portion of the back portion.
• the seat may be shaped or configured as a "bucket" type seat.
• the at least one illuminatable means may be powered by one or more batteries , which may be provided on or adjacent the seat, e.g. in a battery compartment which may be in or on a rear surface of the seat.
• the batteries may be accessible by a releasably securable cover.
• Circuitry connecting the illuminatable means to the one or more batteries may include an on/off switch.
• the switch may provide a number of "on" positions to allow a user to select the at least one illuminatable means to illuminate continuously or to operate in a predetermined sequence under the control of electronic control means .
• a seat adapted for use in a self- propelled or foot-propelled vehicle according to the first aspect of the present invention.
• Figure 1 a view from the front and to one side of a tricycle according to an embodiment of the present invention in a first (non-illuminated) state;
• Figure 2 a view from the front and to one side of the tricycle of Figure 1 in a second (illuminated) state;
• Figure 3 a further view from the front and to one side of the tricycle of Figure 1 in a second (illuminated) state;
• Figure 4 a view from the front and to one side of a seat of the tricycle of Figure 1 in a first (non-illuminated) state;
• Figure 5 a view from the front and to one side of the seat of Figure 4 in a second
• Figure 6 a view from the rear of the seat of
• Figure 7 a circuit diagram of circuitry of the tricycle of Figure 1.
• FIG. 1 there is illustrated a self-propelled or foot-propelled vehicle, generally designated 5, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
• the vehicle 5 comprises a tricycle 10, e.g. for use by children or infants, having a frame 15, a front wheel 20, a pair of rear wheels 25, a steering column 30, handlebars 35, pedals 36, a brake mechanism 37, and a seat 40.
• a tricycle e.g. for use by children or infants, having a frame 15, a front wheel 20, a pair of rear wheels 25, a steering column 30, handlebars 35, pedals 36, a brake mechanism 37, and a seat 40.
• the tricycle 10 comprises at least one illuminatable means 45 on the seat 40, as will hereinafter be described in greater detail.
• the vehicle 5 comprises left and right pedals carried by and fixed to the front wheel 20.
• the wheel 20 comprises a pneumatic tyre 50.
• the wheel 20 also comprises left and right walls 55 ',55", which provide a gap, space or void (not shown) therebetween.
• the pneumatic tyre 50 comprises a valve
• the aperture may be openably closeable by a cover member 65.
• the front wheel 20 of the vehicle 5 is larger in diameter than the rear wheels 25 of the vehicle 5.
• the vehicle 5 is therefore a so-called "hog" type tricycle.
• the at least one illuminatable means 45 comprises a plurality of lights, e.g. light emitting diodes (LEDs) .
• the lights can be of a same colour or of a mixture of colours .
• the illuminatable means 45 are provided on or distributed or spaced around at least part of a periphery of the seat 40.
• At least some of the illuminatable means 45 are provided on or distributed on a front facing surface and/or an upper facing surface of the seat 40.
• At least some of the illuminatable means 45 are therefore at least partly visible or not obscured when a user is seated on the seat 40, in use. It will be appreciated by the described arrangement, at least some of the illuminatable means 45 will be provided, in use, adjacent a side of a user when seated.
• the seat 40 comprises a base portion 70 and a back portion 75.
• the base portion 70 and the back portion 75 are formed in one piece, e.g. from a plastic moulding.
• the back portion 75 comprises a/the front facing surface and a rear facing surface.
• the back portion 75 can be solid or advantageously hollow.
• the base portion 70 comprises an upper facing surface and a lower facing surface.
• the base portion 70 can be solid or advantageously hollow.
• the base portion 70 has a first and second (left and right) side peripheral portions 71,72 and a third (front) peripheral portion 73.
• the back portion 75 has first and second (left and right) side peripheral portions 76,77 and a third (rear top) peripheral portion 78.
• the illuminatable means 45 are disposed on or adjacent to one or more of the peripheral portions, e.g. in a line(s) or string thereat. In the disclosed embodiment the illuminatable means 45 are provided at or adjacent to all of the peripheral portions except the front peripheral portion 73.
• Portions of the side peripheral portions 71,72 of the base portion 70, and optionally the front peripheral portion 73, may be higher than a central portion 74 of the base portion 70. Portions of the side peripheral portions of the back portion 76,77 may be forward of a central portion 79 of the back portion 75.
• the seat 40 can be shaped or configured as a "bucket" type seat.
• the at least one illuminatable means 45 is powered by one or more batteries 81, which are provided on or adjacent the seat 40 in a battery compartment 80.
• the batteries are accessible by a releasably securable cover 85.
• circuitry connecting the illuminatable means 45 to the one or more batteries include an on/off switch 90.
• the switch 90 provides an "off” position and a number of “on” positions. This allows a user to select whether the at least one illuminatable means are “off” or on, and if "on” whether the illumination means illuminate continuously or operate in a predetermined sequence under the control of electronic control means .
• the illuminatable means may comprise a decorative feature. However, it may be envisaged that the illuminatable means may be suitably controlled so as to comprise turn or indicator lights or brake lights.

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