GB2477984A - Collapsible / foldable load-carrying tricycle - Google Patents

Collapsible / foldable load-carrying tricycle Download PDF

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GB2477984A
GB2477984A GB201002964A GB201002964A GB2477984A GB 2477984 A GB2477984 A GB 2477984A GB 201002964 A GB201002964 A GB 201002964A GB 201002964 A GB201002964 A GB 201002964A GB 2477984 A GB2477984 A GB 2477984A
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    • 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
    • B62K15/00—Collapsible or foldable cycles
    • 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
    • B62K15/00—Collapsible or foldable cycles
    • B62K15/006—Collapsible or foldable cycles the frame being foldable
    • 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
    • B62K5/00—Cycles with handlebars, equipped with three or more main road wheels
    • B62K5/02—Tricycles
    • B62K5/05—Tricycles characterised by a single rear wheel
    • 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
    • B62K7/00—Freight- or passenger-carrying cycles
    • B62K7/02—Frames
    • B62K7/04—Frames having a carrying platform

Abstract

A collapsible/ foldable tricycle comprises a main body 7 that may be separated from a front portion when not in use. Member 4 is removed, allowing the front portion to be folded flat about pivot 1, thus greatly reducing transportation storage dimensions of the overall tricycle.

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Description
Foldable/ collapsible tricycle This invention is designed to allow a full sized front load tricycle to be collapsed down into smaller components, to allow for better transportation or storage.
Tricycles are a popular method for selling and transporting a wide range of products such as hot and cold food, drinks, flowers, parcels and letters, etc, but they are perhaps most memorable for the traditional stop me and buy one' ice cream tricycles which carry either a freezer or cool box on the front. They tend to be steered by 2 wheels at the front and a single wheel at the rear.
Such commercial tricycles tend to be bulky and oversized with no easily detachable components to allow the operator to quickly and easily reduce the dimensions of the tricycle down to more appropriate dimensions for storage or transportation purposes. The design I have invented allows the tricycle to be reduced into smaller components therefore solving the aforementioned problem relating to transportation and storage, thus benefiting both the operator and the manufacturer. To overcome these problems, the present invention proposes that the front half to the tricycle be detached from the tricycle and then folded down to allow for more able transportation.
The ability to do this with minimum effort and tooling allows the once bulky and oversized tricycle to be collapsed ready for transportation and is the unique aspect of my design for which I am seeking the patent.
The folding mechanism of the front section of the tricycle may be either hinged or detachable via the appropriate bolts identified on the below Figures.
An example of the invention will now be described by referring to the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 shows the tricycle in its standard operating position, as I will look when it is fully assembled.
Figure 2 shows the front portion of the tricycle that can be separated from the main body of the tricycle.
Figure 3 shows how the front section of the tricycle can be folded flat once the appropriate bolts have been removed.
Figure 4 shows how the front portion of the tricycle will look once folded flat, along with its accompanying side supports.
Figure 5 shows an alternative view of how the front portion of the tricycle will look once folded flat along with the accompanying side supports.
Figure 6 shows a reverse view of the front portion of the tricycle, along with the components that allow the front section to be detached from the rear section of the tricycle once the bolts have been removed, Figure 7 shows a magnified side view of the top mechanism that attaches the front part of thetricycletotherearpart.
FigureS shows a magnified side view of the bottom mechanism that also attaches the flout part of the tricycle to the rear part.

Claims (4)

  1. Claims 1. A collapsible! foldable tricycle that can be easily dismantled by hand or with the aid of a spanner.
  2. 2. A collapsible! foldable tricycle mechanism that allows the front section of the tricycle to be separated from the main body of the tricycle, therefore allowing more effective transportation and storage.
  3. 3. A collapsible! foldable tricycle that can be reassembled by the methods described in Claim 2 to re-erect the tricycle to its functional position.
  4. 4. A collapsible! foldable tricycle that can be easily and speedily reduced in size to allow for a more effective storage size.
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Citations (9)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
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CN86209081U (en) * 1986-11-15 1988-02-10 范钦池 Multi-purpose combined foldable cycle
US4830388A (en) * 1987-10-27 1989-05-16 Allen S. P. Wang Ridable multi-functional wheelchair assembly
CN2196075Y (en) * 1994-07-15 1995-05-03 马文亮 Multifunction tricycle
CN2229902Y (en) * 1995-08-18 1996-06-26 刘宗仁 Folding tricycle
EP0863067A1 (en) * 1995-12-19 1998-09-09 Ibip e.V., Institut für berufliche Integration und Pflegepädagogik Multi purpose vehicle
US6341791B1 (en) * 2000-07-21 2002-01-29 Sammie L. Cannon, Sr. Wheelchair and bicycle combination assembly
WO2003084807A1 (en) * 2002-04-09 2003-10-16 Shinichiro Ohkawa Separable bicycle
DE102005053412A1 (en) * 2005-11-09 2007-05-10 Yakub Bor Tandem tricycle for wheelchair- and bicycle driver, has commercial folding bicycle divided into two parts in its folding axis, and coupler provided to connect folding wheelchair with rear half of folding bicycle
WO2009035441A1 (en) * 2007-09-14 2009-03-19 Soma Cycle, Inc. Convertible stroller-cycle

Patent Citations (9)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
CN86209081U (en) * 1986-11-15 1988-02-10 范钦池 Multi-purpose combined foldable cycle
US4830388A (en) * 1987-10-27 1989-05-16 Allen S. P. Wang Ridable multi-functional wheelchair assembly
CN2196075Y (en) * 1994-07-15 1995-05-03 马文亮 Multifunction tricycle
CN2229902Y (en) * 1995-08-18 1996-06-26 刘宗仁 Folding tricycle
EP0863067A1 (en) * 1995-12-19 1998-09-09 Ibip e.V., Institut für berufliche Integration und Pflegepädagogik Multi purpose vehicle
US6341791B1 (en) * 2000-07-21 2002-01-29 Sammie L. Cannon, Sr. Wheelchair and bicycle combination assembly
WO2003084807A1 (en) * 2002-04-09 2003-10-16 Shinichiro Ohkawa Separable bicycle
DE102005053412A1 (en) * 2005-11-09 2007-05-10 Yakub Bor Tandem tricycle for wheelchair- and bicycle driver, has commercial folding bicycle divided into two parts in its folding axis, and coupler provided to connect folding wheelchair with rear half of folding bicycle
WO2009035441A1 (en) * 2007-09-14 2009-03-19 Soma Cycle, Inc. Convertible stroller-cycle

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