Cart for use with pedal-cycle or other tilt-cornering vehicle

摘要

A cart with a pair of wheels (14) connected via a tilt mechanism (16) on opposing sides of a cart body (12). The cart body is releasably attachable to a frame (99) of a pedal cycle or other tilt-cornering vehicle so that the pair of wheels function as front wheels of a tricycle configuration. When separate from the pedal-cycle, the cart (10, 100, 150, 170, 200) forms a free-standing cart with a tilt lock (18) deployed to lock tilting of cart body (12).

主权项

1. A cart for supporting a load above an underlying surface, the cart being interchangeably usable as a front-wheel replacement for attachment to a front fork of a tilt-cornering vehicle and as a cart separate from the tilt-cornering vehicle, the cart comprising:
(a) a cart body configured for supporting the load; (b) a pair of wheels deployed on opposing sides of said cart body; (c) an adapter configured for releasably attaching said cart body to the front fork of the tilt-cornering vehicle such that said pair of wheels function as front wheels for the tilt-cornering vehicle, said adapter allowing release of said cart body from the front fork of the tilt-cornering vehicle for use of said cart body as a cart separate from the tilt-cornering vehicle; (d) a tilt mechanism linking between said cart body and said wheels so as to transfer the load on the cart body through said wheels to the underlying surface, said tilt mechanism allowing lateral tilting of said cart body relative to the underlying surface for tilting together with the tilt-cornering vehicle; and (e) a tilt lock associated with said tilt mechanism and selectively deployable to lock tilting of said cart body relative to the underlying surface so as to prevent lateral tilting of said cart body while being used as a cart separate from the tilt-cornering vehicle.