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The apparatus includes a baby seat having a generally planar first portion with an elongated generally planar back portion for supporting the entire spinal column of the infant with which it will be used. The seat may be selectively positioned on a chassis which is provided with casters or used independently.

A tripodal vehicle with a spider-like configuration for seated movement by the feet with a reduced tendency to tip over during movement is described. The vehicle has casters on each leg and is constructed such that the three legs have inverted, rounded uppermost leg portions with a seat mounted on a...     

A sport vehicle comprising a vehicle frame having a step on its upper surface and an upstanding handle rod at its front end. At the lower surface of the front of the frame a front wheel axle is mounted having a pair of front wheels at its ends, the middle portion of the axle being rotatably supported...     

A training device for ice skaters includes a body enclosing rectilinear frame and pairs of front and rear supp.ort legs depending from the frame. Runners are provided at the lower extremities of the support legs and at least the runners on the rear support legs are rotatable. Springs operatively connect...     

This disclosure pertains to a rigid board-like surface having three casters affixed to the undermost surface thereof. Two of the casters are disposed in spaced apart relationship and co-axially aligned at one end of the board. The remaining caster is located at the other end of the board. Each caster...     

A scooter for performing riding tricks thereon, consisting of a generally concave riding platform having an interior platform surface. The scooter has a holding means attached to at least one end of the platform for a person, who is supported by the platform and riding the scooter, to hold onto. The...     

A roller skate type scooter for improved maneuverability and control. The scooter includes an articulated support platform with pivotally connected forward and rearward footboards. At least one wheel is secured to the underside of each footboard and a steering assembly, such as a semi-cylindrical cab,...     

A coupling couples the steering shaft of a scooter to the side strips of the platform thereof. The coupling comprises a pocket-like housing member accommodating the free front ends of side strips and enclosing the side strips and the area between the front ends thereof. A U-shaped bracket member is accommodated...     

A child's scooter has a carriage with an elongated platform for supporting a foot of a user. The platform is planar with a front and a spaced rear and curves upward in the area of the front thereof to approximately 90.degree. with the remainder of the platform. A cover of high friction material on the...     

The walker includes a frame structure mounted on rear wheels and forward casters in turn supporting a parallelogram structure lying essentially in a vertical plane. The rear ends of the upper and lower horizontal members making up the parallelogram structure are pivoted to a column extending upwardly...     

A generally T-shaped wheeled support frame is provided with an upstanding hand grip bar and a rearward foot supporting tailpiece pivotally connected for horizontal movement with the hand grip bar by a flexible shaft permitting the user to generate forward movement of the frame by lateral to and fro bending...     

A discarded automobile tire is utilized as a part of a mobile toy or exercising device. A tire riding vehicle is provided with a base support extending parallel to the space between the two tire beads of the automobile tire. Two spaced axles extend normal to and are supported by the base and in turn...     

A rotatable transfer stand includes a base supported by a plurality of castors, a platform rotatably supported by means of bearings on the base and a support structure rigidly attached to the platform and partially surrounding a central standing area on the upper surface of the platform. The support...     

A foot operated vehicle having a frame with a flat foot support platform supported by front and rear wheels for the support of one foot of the operator while the vehicle is propelled by the other foot of the operator and wherein turning is accomplished by a leaning motion of the operator in the intended...     

The coaster includes a wheeled foot platform, the steerable wheel of which is rotatable on a swiveled axle for effecting a steering action. The swiveled axle extends through aligned horizontal slots in vertical axle guides where are spherically curved. Each axle guide has at least one axially extending...     

The invention relates to an ambulating device, or walker, intended for teing or re-education of motricity, which comprises a self-powered frame mounted on wheels, a carrier element in which a patient is placed, which comprises orifices for his legs to pass, and which is fixed on a mobile support which...     

A balancing board includes a platform to which a pair of parallel tracks are mounted to the lower surface. The tracks each include two parallel rods mounted so that they rotate freely about their axes. A set of wheels are mounted to a common shaft. The wheels are separated so that they roll along the...     

The vehicle has a three wheel, triangular wheelbase and a pyramid-shaped frame formed of four tubular side members and an inclined tubular steering fork supported rotatively by the side members adjacent its upper and lower ends. Handle bars located generally above the rear wheels rotate the steering...     

A three-wheeled scooter type of vehicle which is forwardly propelled by the body movement of the occupant by means of two rearwardly extending foot support frames which are pivotally connected to a front steering column. The foot support frames are provided with caster wheels which are yieldably tensioned...     

A scooterboard, including a board supported on a front and rear skate wheel trucks, and wherein the front skate wheel truck is alternatively unlocked or locked by means of a selectively lockable swivelling assembly so as to be free swivelling or stationary, and further including a removable steering...     

A therapeutic walker has features which permit its use by persons with varying degrees of disability and is capable of adaptation to be used in different ways as the level of disability diminishes. A walker frame extends substantially around three sides of the region occupied by person using the walker...     

A foldable handle for skateboard includes a base plate adapted to be fixed on a base board of a skateboard; two opposed upright plates, fixed on the base plate and spaced apart from each other; a handle, pivoted between the upright plates, and which does not contact the base plate; a gripping mechanism...     

A scooter of an ordinary general shape but equipped with an improved mechanical drive for the rear wheel or wheels, which drive is comprised of a ratchet mechanism for driving the rear wheel, a stepping lever for transferring the stepping force of the rider to the ratchet mechanism and a retrieving means...     

A swingable skateboard includes a generally flat base board which has a somewhat upwardly curved tail end. The tail end of the board is equipped with a rubber cushion which serves as a brake device. A crank member includes a rotating shaft journalled on the leading end of the board, and a crank arm to...     

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...     

A scooter comprises a flexible attachment means which includes a longitudinal rod secured to a foot board of the scooter, a joint member having a front portion pivotally connected to the longitudinal rod for turning about a vertical axis, a U-shaped wheel carrying member connected to a rear portion of...     

A vehicle combines the features of a skateboard and a scooter. Wheel assemblies are mounted on a tubular structure which provides a frame. A more-or-less oval footplate is also mounted on the tubular structure between the wheel assemblies, and a vertical control stick projects upwardly from the center...     

A multi-wheeled vehicle powered via a twin treadle-acting drive train. An upright front steering assembly including a pair of tie rod coupled front wheels and steering bar-mounted gear shift and hand brake assemblies facilitate operator control of a chain-driven rear wheel. The drive train incudes left...     

The invention concerns a roller ski, each of which has a longitudinal support (1) equipped with a ski binding (5) to secure a ski boot, on which support (1), front and back, rubber-tired running wheels (3, 8, 9) are situated, one or more of which are provided with a return catch. In order to provide...     

A self-propelled recreational vehicle of the two-wheeled type. The vehicle has a platform beneath which front and rear wheels carrying wide tires are journaled. The width of the tires is such that the vehicle will be stable regardless of whether a rider is standing on the platform.

A machine has a base which supports a vertical shaft with handles and foot pads on a disc pivoted at its center and is linked to the shaft which has an adjustable resistance for the exerciser to build his body's strength. Also, mounted into the center of the disc, a swinging seat that oscillates freely...     

This invention relates to a skateboard which includes two footboards with each footboard consisting of a foot platform and a wheel-set which carries two wheels in axial alignment fixed to the underside of the platform, a spacer element for holding the footboards in a spaced relationship and a pivot arrangement...     

A toy kit convertible to form a scooter, a rocking horse, or a tricycle. The scooter is generally a toy vehicle with a pair of extendable rear wheel assemblies. One or more sets of female retainers are provided on the rear end of the scooter. The rocking horse has a pair of parallel and foldable bases...     

A skateboard-type sports apparatus has a frame forming a grip for the user and provided internally with a standing surface beneath which a pair of roller elements can be provided. The roller elements are rotatable in respective holders which can be rectangular frame members pivotally mounted on the frame...     

An improved skateboard is provided and consists of a deck having a tail and a nose. A pair of rear wheels fixed against swivelling are attached to underside of the deck at the tail which do not swivel. A pair of front casters are attached to underside of the deck at the nose which swivel together at...     

A three-wheeled vehicle having no driving connection to the wheels is powered by side-to-side forces applied by the operator to a pair of foot boards, each of which has a castered rear wheel having a pivot axis that is inclined with respect to the vertical. The forward ends of the foot boards are connected...     

A skateboard with steering wheel for steering control, the body of which having two opposite holes at the front biased inward from a transverse line through 4-5 angle for fastening two front wheels by two wheel holders, and two ring-shaped members for fastening two rear wheels by two wheel hubs and a...     

A fully steerable skateboard generally comprises an elongate chassis rollingly supported by a pair of front wheels and a pair of rear wheels. Each wheel rotates about a substantially horizontal axis for rollingly supporting the chassis and rotates about a vertical axis for steering the chassis. A steering...     

A skateboard employs a hollow elongated board having openings, formed in the underside of the board, adapted to receive standard skateboard wheels. Since the wheels are recessed in the board, the skateboard si&:s very low to the ground, giving the board a low profile and low center of gravity. The skateboard...     

A dry land snowboard training device is presented for simulating the balance and movement of a conventional snowboard on dry land, and in particular the balance and movement of a conventional snowboard on a wooden half pipe. The device comprises a unitary retrofit apparatus which can be mounted to a...     

A power driven personal walker for the infirm and handicapped comprising laterally spaced uprights for grasping by a user in a walking position, a horizontal base frame supporting the uprights in use position rearwardly open to the legs and feet of the user and having a transverse front portion, a wheel...     

A skateboard has ball rollers rotatably mounted within cavities at the bottom of the body of the skateboard. A plurality of ball bearings mounted within the cavity contact the roller ball and rotate as the roller ball rotates. A plurality of round islands or mounts are located adjacent to each roller...     

A multi-use exercising device in which the exerciser rests or supports a body portion on a generally planar receiving or supporting surface provided by the device such that the exerciser may propel the device across a supporting surface by applying force by body members other than that body portion supported...     

A scooter comprising a frame having a downwardly extending frame support member having an upper end and a lower end, a back fork including a stem having two spaced prongs extending therefrom, and a platform coupled between the lower end and the stem to support a user; a rigid yoke connected to the frame...     

An articulated skateboard having two or three separate platform sections connected end-to-end with conventional skate wheel trucks under the end platform sections. The articulation structure between platform sections comprises a combination of pivoting and resilient spring members enabling universal...     

A sports conveyance is disclosed having a frame mounted on a pair of spaced front wheels and also supported by rear wheel means, the front wheels having interconnecting means whereby they may be turned in unison to either side of the longitudinal center line of the conveyance, a board mounted on the...     

An in-line skateboard for supporting a rider with his feet in side-by-side relation one on each side of the longitudinal centerline of the board has a toe abutment wall for preventing forward movement of the rider's shoes and a heel support supporting the shoe heels at an elevation substantially above...     

The scooter of this invention is provided with a relatively large radius front wheel and a relatively small radius rear wheel attached to a compact frame assembly. Advantageously, the front wheel is a conventional bicycle-type wheel assembly comprised of a spoked wheel and a pneumatic tire, and has a...     

Grip tape adapted to be adhered to a surface such as a skateboard. The grip tape includes a screen structure covered with an abrasive material such as silicon carbide. A grid or array of apertures defined by the screen structure are defined in the grip tape so as to improve water run-off from the grip...     

The present invention is a hemi-wheeled walker which is particularly useful with respect to hemiplegics. Patients of this type generally have one strong side of their body and one relatively weak side. Many patients have suffered from a stroke. The hemi-wheeled walker comprises an upright segment having...     

Walking apparatus for assisting a disabled person to walk. The apparatus includes a frame having a pair of lower horizontal members between which the person may stand and a vertical member extending upwardly for disposition behind the persons back. The apparatus also includes a forward pair of ground...     

A walking aid for physically challenged persons having front and back leg assemblies each having a front leg extending forwardly and a rear leg extending rearwardly and wheels at the lower ends of the legs, and modular hinges at the upper ends of each pair of legs. Each modular hinge has a bearing housing...     

A wheeled skateboard consists of first, second and third separate sections, so that said first and second sections are foldably connected to the third section. A lock is provided at the bottom of the platform. The lock includes a pair of cylindrical rods. Each rod has first and second ends, wherein each...     

An electric powered scooter having a tubular frame extending between a front steerable wheel and a rear electrically powered wheel. The tubular frame extends below the wheel centers parallel to the surface of the ground between the front and rear wheels. A platform for the standing support of the scooter...     

A dual-footboard scooter in a tricycle format, the front wheel of the scooter being coupled to a steering post passing through a steering column to join a steering handle provided with a hand brake operatively coupled to the front wheel. A pair of parallel footboards are attached at their front ends...     

A convertible baby walker and baby gym comprising a pair of spaced-apart side frames supported on wheels. A cross-piece extends between the side frames and is extensible to adjust the spacing between the frames. The cross-piece is elevated above the side frames and serves to suspend playthings when the...     

A controller for wheeled vehicles includes a mechanism which selectively shifts the vehicle between a mobile and a stable state. The vehicle may be a walker for easing an operator's efforts in walking and includes a selectively actuable stabilizer which fixes the position of the walker or releases it...     

An adult walker having a suspended seat assembly which may be adjusted to accommodate the user. Included is an adjustable support frame which may be raised and lowered with respect to the walking surface. This walker is accessed from the rear, making it safer and easier to enter and exit. Also included...     

A multi-planed scooter for imaginative riding play having a deeply concave riding platform molded of lightweight polypropylene plastic or like material. The riding platform is formed by joining three sections having wide riding surfaces with tongue and groove assembly. Terminal riding surfaces include...     

A walking frame for disabled persons is provided with two hand grips of a polygonal construction. The hand grips are engaged securely with the polygonal tubes of the main legs of the walking frame in conjunction with the tightening blocks and the fastening sleeves. The hand grips are fastened such that...     

A roller board allowing the rider to slide laterally in a manner similar to a snowboard. The roller board is comprised of a platform having four fixed wheels, and two pivoting rollers positioned along the platform's longitudinal axis. The fixed wheels function similarly to conventional skateboard trucks....     

The present invention relates to a self propeller skateboard (10) comprising upper deck (12A) pivotally mounted on a drive shaft (22) having a left drive wheel (18L) securely fastened at a left distal end and a right drive wheel (18R) securely fastened at a right distal end. The drive shaft (22) is mounted...     

A cart for injured persons, designed as an alternative to crutches for individuals with an injured leg. A padded leg support surface provides a comfortable location upon which the injured leg (or cast) may be rested. The cart is propelled by the individual using the uninjured leg. The front of the cart...     

An improved lightweight, durable collapsible scooter which is safe to operate and is easy and convenient to collapse, transport and store. The scooter has a steering assembly which is pivotally secured to the front portion of a frame assembly. A front wheel is rotably secured to the steering assembly...     

The present invention provides a rider-propelled vehicle that includes a frame capable of supporting a rider, an eccentrically-mounted front wheel, and a concentrically-mounted rear wheel. In one embodiment, the rider propels the vehicle using the cyclic motion of the eccentric front wheel, and a driving...     

A wheeled support for supporting a kneeling person is provided including a pair of knee supports each having a frame, a pad mounted on the frame, and three wheel assemblies mounted on a bottom of the frame. Also included is a pair of wheeled foot supports.

The stand-up transportation device according to this invention comprises the shafts to which the front wheel and the rear wheel are assembled respectively, and the frame connecting these shafts. This transportation device also has the drive equipment that can drive the wheels on the shafts. Therefore,...     

A roller board allowing the rider to slide laterally in a manner similar to a snowboard. The roller board is comprised of a platform having four fixed wheels, and two pivoting rollers positioned along the platform's longitudinal axis. The fixed wheels function similarly to conventional skateboard trucks....     

A motorless human-powered scooter is disclosed having a sturdy frame with a fixed position rear wheel and a steerable fork which carries a steerable front wheel. The front and rear wheels are substantially equal in diameter and each has a diameter of about one-third the total length of the scooter. A...     

An "all terrain" scooter is provided with a large central tubular chassis having two central brackets supporting a platform. At the front, the tubular chassis bends upward through a notch in the platform upwardly above the front wheel to support a steering head tube. The steering head tube supports a...     

A new Mobile Leg Support Device for supporting one leg of a user bent at the knee while allowing the user to stand on the other leg and move the device about. The inventive device includes a wheeled base, a pair of spaced uprights extending upward from the wheeled base, a leg support member extending...     

A tricycle includes a base plate, and two pedals and a brake pedal arranged near the rear end of the base plate. The pedals are each connected to a rack rod. The base plate has two lugs at both sides, and a rotary shaft is pivotally mounted at the lugs. The rotary shaft includes a friction roller in...     

A children's ride-on toy convertible between tricycle and a scooter configurations includes a curved backbone having an upper end segment and a lower end segment defining an upwardly facing step area, rear wheels rotatably mounted to the lower end segment, a front fork including a head post rotatably...     

The wheel truck for a skateboard has a concave curvilinear lower surface with a similar shaped axle. The axle is cast within the wheel truck. The distal wheel ends of the axle have their center line along the same plane. The wheel truck can be cast of aluminum, plastic or any other suitable material....     

A rollerboard includes a tube having a front wheel secured to the bottom and having a handle. A bracket is pivotally coupled to the tube and has a lower portion pivotally coupled to a board for allowing the bracket to be folded relative to the board to a compact folded configuration. A beam has a lower...     

A folding structure for skating board is essentially comprised of a handle and a handle stem both connected to the head tube of the skating board, a support extending from the head tube at a certain inclination is pivoted to a pivot seat protruding from the board. Wherein, a sliding chute in proper length...     

A kick scooter combination frame structure is constructed to include a handlebar and front fork assembly holding a front wheel, a head frame, the head frame having a vertical tube coupled to the handlebar and front fork assembly and two parallel lugs extended from the periphery of the vertical tube,...     

A safety stand for helping keep a user stable and upright while in-line skating. The safety stand includes an upper ring defining a center space. A plurality of support legs downwardly extend from the upper ring to support the upper ring above a ground surface. The lower end of each of the support legs...     

A folding collapsible kick scooter is made to include a base frame supported on a rear wheel a handlebar and front fork assembly supported on a front wheel, a connecting bar having one end fixedly connected to the handlebar and front fork assembly and a rear end pivotally connected between two arched...     

A skateboarding vehicle including a rear wheel and a brake shoe, which are pivoted to the rear end of a deck board. The deck board is provided at the front end with two guide plates and an arresting wheel set which is disposed between the two guide plates such that the arresting wheel set is connected...     

A folding device for a scooter has a first extension attached to the head tube, a second extension attached to the base to partially receive the first extension, a hook pivotally received in the first extension and a compression lock having a shaft inserted through the first extension and the second...     

A skateboard stirrup is comprised of a pair of hollow end caps for cupping over the front and rear ends of a skateboard, and a resilient band connected between the end caps. When the rider's feet are on top of the band, it is yielding enough to allow the feet to make full contact with the top of the...     

A collapsible skateboard includes an upright handle having lower portion on which is fixedly mounted a bracket, a connector having a curved slot having a lower end formed with a horizontal recess, an upper end formed with a vertical recess, and a circular hole under the vertical recess, an adjust pin...     

A wheeled support for supporting a kneeling person is provided including a pair of knee supports each having a frame, a pad mounted on the frame, and three wheel assemblies mounted on a bottom of the frame. Also included is a pair of wheeled foot supports.

A cambering vehicle includes a single steerable front wheel and a pair of rear wheels at the rearward ends of trailing arms extending from the front structure. The two trailing arms are articulated to the front structure, and may move arcuately in a plane parallel to the front wheel column of the vehicle....     

An electrically powered scooter is disclosed having a chassis with a platform upon which the rider stands, a front wheel mounted to provide steering control and a rear wheel rotatably mounted at the rear section of the chassis. A pedal is pivotably mounted at the rear section of the chassis and is attached...     

A steerable toy comprising a rigid, elongated footboard defined by an upper surface and front and rear terminal ends and horizontally supported slightly above ground level by a pair of spaced-apart small diameter wheels flexibly journaled thereunder inboard from the rear terminal end to support a rider...     

A skate-scooter includes a footplate, a U-shaped collapse base fixed on an upper surface of a front end portion of the footplate, a hollow connector having an open lower end for a coil spring to fit in the hollow connector, a cylinder for a lower end of a handle support tube to fit and positioned therein...     

A foldable skate board assembly includes a board having a front wheel and a rear wheel attached thereto, two mounting seats mounted on the board and each including a first notch and a second notch, and a steering column including a lower end attached to the front wheel to move therewith and an upper...     

A skateboard comprising a rigid elongated board having front and rear portions, and front and rear wheel trucks mounted to the underside of the board. The wheel trucks each have multiple wheels mounted in-line. A steering platform is at the front of the board for use by the rider to steer the board....     

A foldable skateboard device has a board, a holding seat disposed on a front portion of the board, a down tube inserted in the holding seat, a front tube connected to the down tube, a front wheel disposed on a bottom of the front tube, and a rear wheel disposed on a rear end of the board. The down tube...     

A scooter having a streamlined design and a proportioned frame suitable for high-speed operation by tall and heavy riders, such as adults. The scooter includes a frame having a down tube which forms an angle of approximately 110 degrees with a horizontal rider deck and having a head tube mounted at an...     

A two-wheel scooter-like vehicle is adapted for use by acrobatic adults by using not only the wheels, but a snag-free, omni-directional sliding surface, under a large standing area, which may be maneuvered by a rider into engagement with the ground and ground-supported objects to perform a variety of...     

An improved structure scooter capable of responsive and stable, time- and energy-saving, as well as safe and convenient operation and utilization that is comprised of a footboard, a front wheel assembly, and a rear wheel assembly. The front wheel assembly is disposed at the anterior aspect of the footboard...     

A brake system for a wheeled walker frame having two walker frame legs with two telescopically adjustable frame tubes, of which one frame tube supports in its upper region a handle and a brake lever and the other is provided in its lower region with a brake device for braking a wheel. A telescopically...     

A brake unit for a scooter mainly includes a foot pedal having an eccentric head integrally formed at a lower rear portion thereof, a brake shoe, a rear-wheel support, and a push element having a spring put around it. The foot pedal is pivotally mounted to a front part of the rear-wheel support and the...     

A scooter rear wheel brake comprises a rear wheel cover which is mounted on the scooter footboard such that the rear wheel cover is located over the rear wheel of the scooter. The rear wheel cover is provided with a brake applying block and a brake shoe mount corresponding in location to the brake applying...     

An antishock structure of scooter featuring a U-shaped anchor plate having symmetrical anchor holes disposed on top and bottom of its front and back surfaces; after the lower anchor holes are connected to wheel axles respectively, the other end of wheel axles is jointed with a front wheel respectively....     

A skateboard having a front supporting bar, a front wheel assembly, a main shaft, a deck, a rear wheel assembly, and a deck fastened on the main shaft, a tail of the deck being raised above and covering the top of the rear wheel assembly. The deck has a resilient section near the rear wheel assembly...     

A skating scooter includes a deck with a rear wheel and a handlebar assembly pivotally connected to two protrusions on the deck. A front wheel is connected to a lower end of the handlebar assembly and a handlebar is connected to a top of the handlebar assembly. The handlebar has two pivotably grip portions....