Patent · US Expired

Recreational vehicle

US4484646A · kind A · utility

36Cited by
13References
12Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 9, 1982
Grant dateNov 27, 1984
Priority date
Expiry dateNov 9, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB62D11/08
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle primarily intended for use as a recreational vehicle is disclosed having a pair of laterally spaced drive wheels and a pair of longitudinally spaced wheels mounted on the frame. A gasoline engine provides power to the drive wheels. Control levers are provided, one for each drive wheel, to simultaneously brake and disengage the drive power to one drive wheel. Two kinds of rotating vehicle motion is achieved. Rotation about a braked disengaged wheel occurs where the other wheel is not braked and fully engaged. Rotation about the vertical center-line of the vehicle occurs when one wheel is first braked, its power disengaged, and then its brake is released but its power remains disengaged where the other wheel is not braked and is fully engaged.

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