Title:
TRAILER FOR BALANCING VEHICLES
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2001064502
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A trailer (30) for a dynamically balanced transporter (32) that allows leaning of the transporter such as for control of the combination of transporter and trailer. The trailer has a platform and an arm (36) with two ends, one of which ends (37) is coupled to the platform and the other of which (42) is pivotally coupled about a horizontal axis to the transporter. The trailer has a ground-contacting member that may be a wheel (46), or a ski or a skid. A locking mechanism may lock the pivot in response to a fault condition. The platform of the trailer may support a rider in a seated or standing position and may have a characteristic transverse linear dimension comparable to the shoulder width of the rider.
Inventors:
FIELD J DOUGLAS (US)
HEINZMANN JOHN DAVID (US)
HEINZMANN JOHN DAVID (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2001/005351
Publication Date:
September 19, 2002
Filing Date:
February 16, 2001
Export Citation:
Assignee:
DEKA PRODUCTS LP (US)
FIELD J DOUGLAS (US)
HEINZMANN JOHN DAVID (US)
FIELD J DOUGLAS (US)
HEINZMANN JOHN DAVID (US)
International Classes:
B62D51/00; B62D51/02; B62D53/02; B62D63/06; A63H17/16; (IPC1-7): B62D53/02; B62D63/06; B62D51/00; B62D51/02
Foreign References:
| GB150393A | 1920-08-26 | |||
| DE2907509A1 | 1980-09-04 | |||
| FR2101779A5 | 1972-03-31 | |||
| US1739716A | 1929-12-17 | |||
| US5947505A | 1999-09-07 |
Other References:
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 014, no. 122 (P - 1017) 7 March 1990 (1990-03-07)
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 015, no. 065 (M - 1082) 15 February 1991 (1991-02-15)
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 015, no. 065 (M - 1082) 15 February 1991 (1991-02-15)
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