Portable conveyance with towing guide assembly

摘要

A portable conveyance has a deck, a front drive wheel proximately disposed to a first end of the deck and a rear drive wheel attached proximate to a second end of the deck. A guide roller assembly attached proximate to the rear drive wheel. The guide roller assembly has a first rotational axis and the rear drive wheel rotates about a second rotational axis different from the first rotational axis and parallel to the first rotational axis, such that the guide roller assembly is not in contact with a substantially flat surface when the first and rear drive wheels are in contact with the substantially flat surface, and the guide roller assembly is in rotational contact with the surface when the deck is lifted into a towing position.

主权项

1. A portable conveyance, comprising:
a deck defining a longitudinal axis and first and second ends disposed along the longitudinal axis; a front drive wheel proximately disposed to the first end of the deck and a rear drive wheel attached proximate to a second end of the deck, and wherein the deck defines a substantially planar support surface upon which a rider of the personal conveyance is supported while riding the personal conveyance; a guide roller assembly attached proximate to the rear drive wheel; wherein:
the guide roller assembly has a first rotational axis and the rear drive wheel rotates about a second rotational axis different from the first rotational axis and parallel to the first rotational axis, such that the guide roller assembly is not in contact with a substantially flat surface when the first and rear drive wheels are in contact with the substantially flat surface, and the guide roller assembly is in rotational contact with the substantially flat surface when the deck is lifted into a towing position andfurther comprising:
a tow handle mounted proximate to the front drive wheel, wherein the tow handle facilitates the lifting of the deck into the towing position;at least a first sleeve on a first side of the longitudinal axis, and wherein the tow handle comprises a first tube inserted into the first sleeve; anda tow handle locking apparatus that locks the tow handle in a stored position and also in a separate, extended position, wherein in the stored position the tow handle is not extended from the deck and in the extended position the tow handle is extended from the deck.