JPH11268678A - Motor scooter and knee gripper for the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To integrate a driver and a vehicle body into one piece by installing a knee gripper, which can be held by both knees of a driver, at a recessed portion leaving a space for allowing the legs to pass through and enabling a driver to hold the knee gripper with knees while riding. SOLUTION: A knee gripper main body 8 consists of a U-shaped upper portion installation bar 12, a pad 15 which protrudes below both edges of the upper installation bar 12 and which is installed so as to cover a hold bar 14 and an outer periphery of the hold bar 14, an upper fitting 9, and a support member 17 thereof This way, legs can pass through a space 7 between a seat and a motor scooter knee gripper 11. Also, when riding the motor scooter, the knee gripper main body 8 of the motor scooter knee gripper 11 can be held by both knees. As a result, the driver and a vehicle body 5 are in one piece, allowing a safe cornering.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a scooter having a vehicle body having a recess formed between a seat and a handle so that a foot can pass therethrough, and a knee gripper for the scooter.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a scooter has a recess formed in a vehicle body between a seat and a handle, through which a foot can pass.

[0003]

Since a conventional scooter body has a recess formed between a seat and a handle, a driver can hold the body with his knees like a motorcycle during driving. Since it is impossible, the driver and the vehicle body are not integrated with each other, and cornering must be performed only by turning the steering wheel, resulting in instability.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional drawbacks,
A scooter and a scooter knee that can pass the foot and hold it with both knees of the driver at the time of driving so that the driver and the vehicle body can be integrated so that cornering can be performed safely. The purpose is to provide a gripper.

The above and other objects and novel features of the present invention will become more completely apparent when the following description is read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. However, the drawings are for explanation only, and do not limit the technical scope of the present invention.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a scooter having a vehicle body having a recess formed between a seat and a handle, through which the foot can pass. The scooter is constructed by attaching knee grippers to the vehicle body, which are held by the driver's knees while leaving ample space.

[0007] The present invention also provides a scooter having a recess formed between a seat and a handle, through which a foot can pass, the driver's both feet protruding in the seat direction leaving a space through which the foot can pass in a recessed portion of the vehicle body. And a mounting tool for detachably fixing the knee gripper body to the vehicle body in the concave portion, thereby forming a knee scooter for a scooter.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings.

In the first embodiment of the present invention shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, reference numeral 1 denotes a scooter of the present invention, and the scooter 1 has a concave portion 4 between a seat 2 and a handle 3 through which a foot passes. Scooter body 6 having a car body 5
A knee gripper body 8, which is held by the knees of both feet of the driver protruding in the direction of the seat 2, leaving a gap 7 through which the foot can pass in the concave portion 4 of the scooter body 6,
The knee gripper body 8 includes a scooter knee gripper 11 composed of an upper attachment 9 and a pair of lower attachments 10 and 10 for detachably fixing the knee gripper main body 8 to the vehicle body 5 at the concave portion 4.

The knee gripper body 8 of the scooter knee gripper 11 includes an upper mounting bar 12 formed in a U shape as shown in FIG.
Protruding downward from both ends of the
A pair of hold bars 14, 14 on which 3, 13 are formed
And pads 15, 15 attached to cover the outer peripheral portions of the pair of hold bars 14, 14, respectively.

The upper mounting member 9 of the knee gripper 11 for a scooter has a concave shape for supporting a substantially central portion of an upper mounting bar 12 of the knee gripper body 8 fixed to a vehicle body 5 at a front central portion of the concave portion 4. A support member 17 having a support portion 16 formed thereon and two screws 18 for clamping the upper mounting bar 12 supported by the concave support portion 16 of the support member 17 are fixed to the support member 17 by the two screws 18. And a holding piece 19 to be attached.

The pair of lower attachments 10, 10
A lower support plate 21 fixed to the vehicle body 5 at the footrest portion of the recess 4 by bolts 20;
21 and bolt insertion holes 13 at the lower ends of the pair of hold bars 14 of the knee gripper body 8 formed at the front inside portions of the lower support plates 21.
Mounting pieces 23, 23 having bolt insertion holes 22, 22 formed therein, and bolt insertion holes 22, 22 of the mounting pieces 23, 23 and the pair of hold bars 14, 14.
Of the nuts 24, 2
4 and bolts 25, 25 fixed by the bolts 4.

The scooter 1 having the above structure allows the foot to pass through the gap 7 between the seat 2 and the knee gripper 11 for the scooter, and at the time of driving, as shown in FIG. Knee gripper 11
The knee gripper main body 8 can be held, and the driver and the vehicle body 5 are integrated like a motorcycle, so that cornering can be performed safely.

[0014]

Next, different embodiments of the present invention shown in FIGS. 5 to 13 will be described. In addition,
In the description of the different embodiments of the present invention, the same components as those of the first embodiment of the present invention are denoted by the same reference numerals, and duplicate description will be omitted.

The second embodiment of the present invention shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 is different from the first embodiment of the present invention mainly in that the knee gripper body 8A is attached to the vehicle body 5 on the seat 2 side. Knee gripper 1 for scooter to be attached
The same operation and effect as in the first embodiment of the present invention can be obtained in the scooter 1A to which the scooter nipper 11A formed in this manner is attached, in that the 1A is used.

The third embodiment of the present invention shown in FIGS. 7 to 9 is mainly different from the first embodiment of the present invention in that a box-shaped knee gripper body 8B having a small box formed therein. The scooter 1B having the above-described configuration according to the first aspect of the present invention is also different in that the scooter 1B configured as described above has the scooter knee gripper 11B using the
The same operation and effect as those of the embodiment can be obtained.

The fourth embodiment of the present invention shown in FIGS. 10 and 11 is different from the first embodiment of the present invention mainly in that the knee gripper 11 is welded to the vehicle body 5 at four concave portions. The same effect as that of the first embodiment of the present invention can be obtained even in the scouter 1C to which the knee gripper 11 is attached in this manner in that the knee gripper 11 is attached in a fixed manner.

The fifth embodiment of the present invention shown in FIGS. 12 and 13 is mainly different from the third embodiment of the present invention in that a box-shaped knee gripper 11C formed with an accessory case is provided. Since the scooter 1D provided with the knee gripper 11C thus formed has the same function and effect as the third embodiment of the present invention, because it is integrally formed with the vehicle body 5 at the four concave portions.

[0019]

As apparent from the above description, the following effects can be obtained in the present invention.

(1) In a scooter having a vehicle body in which a recess is formed between a seat and a steering wheel so that a foot can pass therethrough, the driver can use the knees of both feet of the driver during driving while leaving a space through which the foot can pass in the recess. Since the knee gripper to be held is attached to the vehicle body, the knee gripper can be held with both knees during driving. Therefore, the driver and the vehicle body are integrated, and cornering can be performed safely and easily similarly to a motorcycle.

(2) According to the above (1), a recess for allowing the foot to pass is left between the knee gripper and the knee gripper.

(3) According to the above (1), since the structure is simple, it can be manufactured at low cost.

(4) Claims 2 and 3 also have the above (1) to (3).
The same effect can be obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of a use state of a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of an attached state according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a held state according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a use state according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a held state according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a use state according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of an attached state according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of a held state according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram of a use state according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram of an attached state according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram of a use state according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram of an attached state according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1, 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D: scooter, 2: seat,
3: handle, 4: concave
5: body, 6: scooter body, 7: space,
8, 8A, 8B, 8C: knee gripper body, 9: upper mounting tool, 10: lower mounting tool, 11, 11A,
11B: knee gripper for scooter, 12: upper mounting bar, 13: bolt insertion hole, 14: hold bar,
15: pad, 16: support portion, 17: support member, 18: screw, 19: pinching piece, 2
0: bolt, 21: lower support plate, 2
2: bolt insertion hole, 23: mounting piece, 24: nut, 25: bolt.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A scooter having a vehicle body in which a recess is formed between a seat and a handle so that a foot can pass therethrough, wherein the driver holds the driver's feet with both knees during driving while leaving a space through which the foot can pass. A scooter characterized by attaching a knee gripper to the body. 2. The driving method of claim 1, wherein the scooter has a recess formed between the seat and the steering wheel so that the foot can pass therethrough. A knee gripper for a scooter, comprising: a knee gripper body held by a knee; and a fixture for detachably fixing the knee gripper body to a vehicle body in the concave portion. 3. A driver who protrudes in the direction of the steering wheel while driving the vehicle so as to leave a space through which the foot can pass in a recessed portion of the vehicle body of the scooter having a concave portion through which the leg passes between the seat and the steering wheel. A knee gripper for a scooter, comprising: a knee gripper body held by a knee; and a fixture for detachably fixing the knee gripper body to a vehicle body in the concave portion.