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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 1980
Filed:
Jun. 01, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
Edward H Yonkers, Newton, MA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
280278 ; 280279 ; 280281 ; 280287 ;
Abstract
A collapsible wheeled vehicle having a frame which includes a head tube and bottom bracket interconnected by a down tube. A seat tube, chain stay and strut are pivotally mounted on the bottom bracket. A first cable is connected at one end to the head tube and extends to the end of the chain stay with the intermediate portion of the cable engaging the strut. A second cable is also connected to the head tube and chain stay at its opposite ends, and the intermediate portion of the second cable is connected to the seat tube. When the cables are detached from the strut and seat tube, the vehicle may be collapsed.