US 11,999,401 B2
Motorized weight-bearing device
Brady Smith, Morgan, UT (US)
Assigned to Triangle Strong Partners, LLC, Salt Lake City, UT (US)
Filed by Triangle Strong Partners, LLC, Salt Lake City, UT (US)
Filed on Jul. 19, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/516,819.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/701,257, filed on Jul. 20, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0023878 A1, Jan. 23, 2020
Int. Cl. B62B 5/00 (2006.01); B60S 1/68 (2006.01); B62B 1/12 (2006.01); B62B 5/04 (2006.01); B62B 5/06 (2006.01); B62D 51/06 (2006.01)
CPC B62B 5/0043 (2013.01) [B60S 1/68 (2013.01); B62B 1/12 (2013.01); B62B 5/0066 (2013.01); B62B 5/0069 (2013.01); B62B 5/04 (2013.01); B62B 5/0438 (2013.01); B62B 5/06 (2013.01); B62D 51/065 (2013.01); B62B 2005/0471 (2013.01); B62B 2202/42 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A weight-bearing device comprising:
a single wheel configured to contact the ground;
a motor having a power source and an output shaft;
a first gear rotationally fixed to the output shaft;
a second gear connected to the single wheel with a unidirectional torque transfer device, the second gear and the first gear having a gear ratio greater than 6 to 1;
a chain between the first gear and the second gear;
a frame including a weight-bearing surface tangential to the single wheel, the frame connected to the single wheel;
a pair of handles connected to the frame, the pair of handles including:
a first climbing handle connected to a first terminal end of the pair of handles and oriented approximately perpendicular to one of the pair of handles; and
a second climbing handle connected to a second terminal end of the pair of handles and oriented approximately perpendicular to another of the pair of handles; and
a twist throttle configured to control the motor.