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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7377597 | Wheel assembly having wheel-mounting sleeve and retainer A wheel-mounting sleeve and retainer is described. The wheel-mounting sleeve includes a sleeve body, formed and dimensioned for mounting through a wheel-bearing bore in a wheel and into telescoped relation over an axle having a retaining notch. The wheel-mounting sl... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7192043 | Multi-terrain wheel chair A multi-terrain foldable wheelchair preferably comprises a foldable frame configured for carrying a user in a seated position. The frame further comprises a plurality of hinges configured to allow the frame to fold. Further, the multi-terrain wheelchair comprises a ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7131706 | Mechanical improvements to a personal vehicle Improvements to personal vehicles including self-propelled and balancing personal vehicles. Ready detachability of a seat, footrest, seat back, control unit, wheels and caster assembly is provided using quick disconnect mechanisms. ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7044249 | Connecting structure of front and rear frame parts of a cart for people to ride on Front and rear parts of a frame of a three-wheeled cart can be joined together with a rearmost transverse rod of the front part being fitted in front trench-formed fitting portions of the rear part, a rear upright rod of the front part being fitted in a fitting port... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7011321 | Quick release detachable wheels A quick release detachable wheel hub assembly is shown for a lightweight manual wheelchair. The wheelchair wheels mount on exterior hubs and rotate therewith. The inner face out of each of the exterior hubs mates with an opposing outer face of interior hubs. One of ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6974194 | Wheel mount assembly A wheel mount assembly adapted for use in securing a camber tube to a wheelchair frame comprises an axle plate, at least one axially displaceable member adapted to be fixed in relation to the axle plate, and at least one radially displaceable member adjacent the axi... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6896335 | Blow molded wheel with axle retainer A wheel assembly including a wheel that has a hub and an annular rim. The hub is disposed at or near the center of the rim. The wheel assembly also includes an axle sleeve which is coaxial with the hub. A method of constructing a wheel is also provided. A wheel havi... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6886893 | Wheel with interlocking hub and spacer An apparatus for allowing pre-assembly of a wheel and wheel spacer and a method of using the apparatus are disclosed. The apparatus provides a structure within the hub of a molded plastic wheel and a structure on a spacer segment for engagement of the two parts. A v... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6682152 | Secure wheel locking system A wheelchair wheel locking system reduces the likelihood that a wheel will inadvertently disengage from the wheelchair. An axle is attached to the wheel and has a protrusion for engaging annular grooves within a wall forming an inner passage through an ax... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6578931 | Drive wheel roller A drive wheel roller disengages a drive wheel on a device from the drive axle connected directly to a motor, such that the drive wheel can spin freely to move the device when the motor is not on. The axle has an aperture which aligns with an aperture on t... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6520597 | Blow molded wheel with axle retainer A blow-molded wheel including an axle retainer assembly. The retainer assembly (31) includes a housing (42) having transverse sleeves that support an axle (14) and a spring biased retainer pin (10) that mounts to an annular groove (12) at the axle. The ho... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6464305 | Blow molded wheel with axle retainer A blow-molded wheel including an axle retainer assembly. The retainer assembly includes a housing having transverse sleeves that support an axle and a spring biased retainer pin that mounts to an annular groove at the axle. The housing is supported in a c... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6354670 | Clamping assembly of an axle of a wheel A clamping assembly for clamping an axle of wheel is provided. The clamping assembly comprises: a seat including an upper plate and a hollow cylinder integrally formed with the upper plate, the upper plate having a protrusion with a notch, an opening, two... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6349994 | Quick change wheel system for a camera dolly A fast wheel changeover system for a camera dolly includes a cap on the end of each wheel axle. The cap has an annular shoulder and a shaft section. A quick release clip has a spring with a bridge section which fits over the cap. A wheel can be quickly ch... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6253891 | Removable wheel system A wheel unit for an article of luggage equipped with wheels to facilitate translation of the luggage along the ground. The wheel unit includes a wheel housing connected to the luggage, and a wheel support and a wheel rotatably but removably connected to t... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6234582 | Support of a golf cartwheel A support of a golf cartwheel has a holding member, an axle and a curved fastening plate. The axle has an outer end connected to the wheel, and an inner end passed into the holding member. The inner end has two square blocks each received in a respective ... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6152539 | Fixing device for wheel seats of a baby stroller A fixing device for wheel seats of a baby stroller engaged and fixed each with/on one of the wheel seats, it has a fixing rod secured on the bottom of a foot. The fixing rod has one of its ends protruded down and out from a pipe mouth of the foot, the end... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6099083 | Retention mechanism for use with an axle assembly A retention mechanism for an axle assembly includes an axle and a retainer coupled to the axle thereby securing a wheel on the axle. The retention mechanism of the present invention includes a plurality of fins disposed on the retainer and a plurality rec... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6042195 | Wheel mounting arrangement for a baby cart A wheel mounting arrangement includes a holder base having a bottom chamber, a transverse through hole across the bottom chamber, a top chamber, and a radial locating slot communicating with the top chamber, a retainer fastened to the bottom of a wheel tu... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6024416 | Wheel assembly for a stroller A wheel assembly for a stroller includes a wheel base including a sleeve having an inner periphery containing a passage and an outer periphery transversely containing a cavity connecting to the passage, and an extension having a first end portion extendin... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5957544 | Wheel fixing device for a baby stroller A fixing device for a wheel of a baby stroller utilizes an axle hole of the wheel formed to receive a rotation axle provided with a recessed neck. The device includes a sleeve provided in the axle hole of the wheel with a receiving chamber. The sleeve inc... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5938294 | Engaging device for disposing wheels to a golf cart An engaging device for disposing a wheel to an axle of a golf cart includes a disk member fixedly connected to the wheel and having a recessed portion defined therein. An oblong hole is defined through the disk member. An actuating plate is movably receiv... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5884982 | Wheel assembly A wheel assembly for use with carts employs a sleeve element as an intermediate member between a central axle and both the wheel and the cart body. The sleeve element has an inner recess shaped to receive an end portion of the axle and a first external su... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5800023 | Axle and wheel mount assembly An axle and wheel mount assembly for improving packaging efficiency and allowing easy wheel attachment and removal is disclosed. The axle and wheel assembly includes a novel axle mounting system that is adapted to hold several short axles instead of one l... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5716107 | Wheel assembly A reusable, releasably lockable wheel assembly comprising a wheel having a centrally disposed hub defining an aperture in which is received an axle. A spring having diametrically opposed lugs is disposed on one side of the hub and the lugs extend into the... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5658054 | Wheel mounting structure of a golf cart A wheel mounting structure including a wheel shaft fastened to a locating hole on the leg of a golf club carrier to hold a wheel, and a lever pivoted to the leg and turned to lock the wheel shaft. The wheel shaft has a locating block at one end fitted int... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5529385 | Dismounting device for golf cart wheel This invention relates to a dismounting device for golf cart wheel, being composed of a wheel shaft and a connector, the front of the wheel shaft having an inserting part, the inserting part being composed of a circular guide part and a square locating pa... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5507566 | Coupling device for coupling a wheel to a golf trolley A coupling device for coupling a wheel to a wheel strut of a golf trolley includes a wheel mounting bracket, a catch member, a compression spring and an axle member. The wheel mounting bracket is adapted to be mounted on one end of the wheel strut and has... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5494340 | Wheel-mounting assembly for a handcart A handcart wheel-mounting assembly includes a mount member which has a first tubular portion, a pair of first lug portions formed on an outer periphery of the first tubular portion and each having a slot defined therein, a first socket vertically defined ... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5476275 | Baby stroller with removable wheels An all terrain baby stroller using an axle assembly that allows the rear wheels to be easily and quickly mounted and removed from the stroller frame without tools. The axle assembly has each rear wheel rotatably mounted on an outward end portion of a stub... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5314241 | Handcart wheel-mounting apparatus A handcart wheel-mounting apparatus includes a wheel mounted by means of a number of latches each biased by means of an elastic element, on a hub member in turn mounted by means of an annular washer and a cap, on a wheel shaft mounted on a wheel support. ... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5224961 | Baby carriage wheel mounting device A baby carriage wheel mounting device comprising a wheel holder having a hollow wheel axle directly molded thereon to hold a wheel at one end by a wheel cap. The hollow wheel axle comprises a square rod on its inside and two opposite retaining slots on th... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5188389 | Foldable baby stroller and axle assembly therefor An all-terrain baby stroller using an axle assembly that permits the stroller frame to be collapsible. The axle assembly has a coupler at each end of a tubular axle. Each coupler assembly employs two coupler members, one connected to an upright frame memb... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5165708 | Double-foot plate pedaling skate A double-foot plate pedaling skate, comprising two foot plates alternatively pedaled to force three sets of wheels to run. The three sets of wheels include a first set of wheels mounted on the wheel axles of one foot plate at one side, a second set of whe... | 11/24/1992 |
| 4978175 | Device for coupling a wheel to a golf club carrier A device for coupling a wheel to a golf club carrier includes a sleeve member axially and rotatably passed through the axle of the wheel. A head portion with a tongue is formed at an end of the sleeve member. Two lugs parallelly extend from the free end o... | 12/18/1990 |
| 4664252 | Hub assembly A scrub wheel is provided in document processing equipment where a wheel is removable and replaceable. The wheel is held between a base member and a top member where the top member comprises retaining lugs at the distal ends of retention arms which engage... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4392690 | Quick release wheel mount An axle pin sized to fit in slidable supporting engagement within the wheel bearing of existing occupant actuated wheel chairs has a nut-like head and shoulder on one end that abuts the inner race of the bearing. An annular grove in the axle pin receives ... | 07/12/1983 |
| 4231670 | Easy change wheel assembly A wheel assembly adaptable for use with a motor vehicle, a light aircraft, and the like, or in a pulley system or gear train. The wheel assembly comprises an axle or spindle-retained hub member, and a removable wheel member that is releasably connected by... | 11/04/1980 |
| 4043685 | Fasteners A fastener for releasably securing a pram wheel to its axle and similar applications includes a groove in the axle and a post extending tangentially of the axle and which is resilient to deflect about its root so that it can snap engage in the groove. The... | 08/23/1977 |