US Patent Issued on July 21 for "Tricycle having tiltable handlebar" (New York Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,460, issued on July 21.

"Tricycle having tiltable handlebar" was invented by Yong N Kim (Bayside, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In the conventional tricycle, between the front frame and the bottom bracket which carries the pedal assembly, a joint is inserted that the front frame and the handlebar may tilt to the left or right. By holding the handlebar, the rider can tilt his upper body to cancel out the centrifugal force that occurs during turning and pushes him to the opposite direction of the handlebar causing a fall down accident. Between the front frame and the seat tube is installed a tiltable angle of the handlebar variab...