Folding device of a scooter
View Patent ↗A folding device of a scooter includes a connector adapted to be secured on a front portion of a platform of the scooter. A housing is sleeved on the connector. A pivot seat is pivotally connected to the connector and selectively positioned to the connector. A cover is secured on the connector and the housing for closing the housing to prevent the user's finger being moved into the connector and clamped by the moving pivot seat during folding the scooter.
1. A folding device of a scooter, comprising:
a connector adapted to be secured on a front portion of a platform of the scooter, the connector including two side plates each having a curved edge, a first indentation defined in a top portion of the curved edge of each of the side plate and a second indentation defined in a lower portion of the curved edge of each of the two side plates;
a housing sleeved on the connector, the housing includes two sidewalls each parallel to and separated from a corresponding one of the two side plate of the connector, each sidewall having a shape corresponding to that of each of the two side plates of the connector and a area greater than that of each of the two side plates of the connector;
a pivot seat pivotally connected to the connector, the pivot seat including two side plates each movably received between a corresponding one of the two side plates of the connector and a corresponding one of the two sidewalls of the housing, each side plate of the pivot seat has a slot defined therein, the slot in each side plate of the pivot seat communicating with the first indentation in each of the two side plates of the connector when the scooter is in a condition for operation and communicating with the second indentation in each of the two side plates of the connector when the scooter after being folded for holding the pivot seat in place, a locking pin having two opposite ends respectively received in and reciprocally moved in the slot in the two side plates of the pivot seat, the locking pin partially received in the two indentations in connector when the scooter is in a condition for operation and partially received in the two second indentations when the scooter after being folded; and
a cover secured on the connector and the housing for closing the housing to prevent the user's fingers from being moved into the connector during folding the scooter.
2. The folding device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the connector includes a stopper mounted between the two side plates of the connector and laterally connected to the two side plates of the connector, the housing includes a connecting plate secured on a lower portion of the housing under the second indentations in the connector when the housing sleeved on the connector, and the cover includes a first end secured on the stopper of the connector and a second end secured on the connecting plate of the housing.
3. The folding device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the pivot seat includes a stub having a first end secured on the locking pin, and a second extending through the pivot seat and having a knob mounted on the second end of the stub for user to easily drive the locking pin.
4. The folding device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the pivot seat includes a stub having a first end secured on the locking pin, and a second extending through the pivot seat and having a knob mounted on the second end of the stub for user to easily drive the locking pin.
5. The folding device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the cover includes a guiding groove longitudinally defined therein to allow the stub extend through the cover.
6. The folding device as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the cover includes a guiding groove longitudinally defined therein to allow the stub extend through the cover.