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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2007
Peter S. Hughes, South Harwich, MA (US);
Andrew H. Twombly, New Bedford, MA (US);
Craig Bliss, Taunton, MA (US);
Peter S. Hughes, South Harwich, MA (US);
Andrew H. Twombly, New Bedford, MA (US);
Craig Bliss, Taunton, MA (US);
Vectrix International Limited, Hong Kong, HK;
Abstract
A vehicle that includes a vehicle body and a vehicle support assembly. The vehicle body has a longitudinal axis and is configured for supporting a rider thereon. The support assembly includes first (A) and second (B) tilting wheels disposed respectively at different lateral positions with respect to the longitudinal axis, a tilt-mechanism () supportively associating the vehicle body from the tilting wheels to enable the vehicle body to tilt through a first tilt range with respect to a surface on which the tilting wheels are disposed, and a tilt-limiter () operably associated with the tilt-mechanism () to restrict the tilting of the vehicle body to less than the first tilt range, and releasable to allow the tilting through the first tilt range.