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申请号 | US11172803 | 申请日 | 2005-07-05 | 公开(公告)号 | US20070007815A1 | 公开(公告)日 | 2007-01-11 |
申请人 | Ting-Hsing Chen; | 发明人 | Ting-Hsing Chen; | ||||
摘要 | A wheel set includes a primary wheel and two secondary wheels. The secondary wheels are disposed at two sides of the primary wheel, respectively. The primary wheel is provided with circular pivoting members at two sides of the primary wheel. Each secondary wheel is provided with a corresponding circular pivoting member to be pivotally connected to the primary wheel. When taking a turn, the primary wheel and the secondary wheels are separately turned to achieve a smooth turn. | ||||||
权利要求 | What is claimed is: |
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说明书全文 | (a) Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a wheel set applied to toy cars, scooters, skateboards, roller skates, tricycles, bikes, and luggage casters, and more particularly, to one that has a primary wheel and secondary wheels disposed at two sides of the primary wheel. When taking a turn, the primary wheel and the secondary wheels are separately turned to achieve a smooth turn. (b) Description of the Prior Art A plurality of wheels is usually mounted to toy car, folding scooter, skating board, in-line skate, tricycle, and bike for children as well as luggage trolley. However, any of those children vehicles is generally smaller in size thus to be vulnerable to turn over when taking a turn presenting more dangers particularly to children who are comparatively poor in operating the toy vehicle. To make it safer to ride, taking the bike exclusively design for children to learn riding a bike as example, one auxiliary wheel smaller than the rear wheel is each eccentrically provided at both sides of the rear wheel to support the rear wheel for avoiding overturn when taking a turn. However, the adaptation of the auxiliary wheels not only increases production and assembly costs, but also requires more time consumed in assembly because additional members are needed. Furthermore, the bike provided with auxiliary wheels produces high noise level and is prevented from easy maintenance. A latest improvement teaches that the primary wheel is integrated with the auxiliary wheels provided at two sides of the primary wheel. The diameter of the secondary wheel is the same as or smaller than that of the primary wheel. However, the turning is made awkward since all wheels turn together as one piece at the same time. The primary purpose of the present invention is to provide a wheel set composed of a primary wheel and secondary wheels to achieve a smooth turn since the primary wheel and the secondary wheels are separately turned when taking a turn. To achieve the purpose, the present invention includes a primary wheel and two secondary wheels disposed at two sides of the primary wheel. The primary wheel is provided with circular pivoting members at the two sides of the primary wheel, and each of the secondary wheels is provided with a corresponding circular pivoting member to be pivotally connected to the primary wheel. The circular pivoting members of the primary wheel are circular pivoting holes, and the circular pivoting member of each secondary wheel is a circular pivoting tube. The circular pivoting members of the primary wheel are circular pivoting tubes, and the circular pivoting member of each secondary wheel is a circular pivoting hole. The outer diameter of the primary wheel is greater than that of the secondary wheel, and the secondary wheel is to be an auxiliary wheel. The outer diameter of the primary wheel is the same as that of the secondary wheel, and the primary wheel and the secondary wheels are to form multiple wheels. The present invention provides the following advantages: 1. When taking a turn, the primary wheel and the secondary wheels are separately turned to achieve a smooth turn. 2. The total production cost is reduced because molds of the primary wheel and the secondary wheel are separately developed; besides, when separately developed, both molds are made smaller and the development of the smaller mold is easier. Referring to The primary wheel (1) is provided with circular pivoting members at the two sides. In this preferred embodiment the pivoting members are circular pivoting holes (11). Each secondary wheel (2) is provided with a circular pivoting member corresponding to the circular pivoting members of the primary wheel (1). In this preferred embodiment the pivoting member of each secondary wheel (2) is a circular pivoting tube (21). Thus, the two secondary wheels (2) are pivotally connected to the primary wheel (1) by inserting their respective pivoting tubes (21) into their corresponding pivoting holes (11) of the primary wheel (1). Molds for the primary wheel (1) and the secondary wheel (2) can be separately developed; and each mold is made smaller for easier development to contribute at the same time so as to reduce the total production cost. In this preferred embodiment, the outer diameter of each secondary wheel (2) is smaller than that of the primary wheel (1), and each secondary wheel (2) is to be an auxiliary wheel. Upon assembling the wheel set as illustrated in When the wheel set is taking a right (left) turn as illustrated in Now referring to In a third preferred embodiment of the present invention as illustrated in As illustrated in |