Scooter

Abstract

An improved scooter has a yoke which connects the fork and platform together so that the fork and front wheel can be directionally pivoted to steer the scooter. The yoke includes a bracket and a plate member which each are comprised of a single sheet of metal. The bracket includes a substantially cylindrical housing with a seam portion, two approximately vertical panels which extend generally rearwardly, outwardly, and downwardly from the housing to a horizontal bottom of each panel, and two supports which each extend horizontally inwardly from one of the panel bottoms to provide a surface on which the front of the platform is mounted. The plate member includes a flat portion which extends substantially horizontally between the two panels spaced above the supports to overlie and connect to the front of the platform. The plate member is affixed to both panels. At least one of the scooter wheels has a rim which includes at least one outwardly extending cylindrical braking surface. The scooter preferably has a brake which includes a lever which at a pivotal end thereof is pivotally attached to the scooter near an end of the adjacent wheel, and which at a pedal end includes a pedal which is adapted to allow the operator to push the lever pedal end with a foot. The brake also includes at least one force member which at a first end thereof is connected to the lever between the pivotal end thereof and the pedal. Each force member extends along a side of the adjacent wheel to a second end which is located adjacent to one of the braking surfaces and which is semi-circular in shape to substantially conform to the braking surface. Attached to each force member's second end is a brake pad which transmits the frictional braking force to the braking surface when the operator pushes the pedal.