A folding bicycle having two handlebars which can be rotated upwards into a horizontal position for steering control or downwards into a collapsed position to reduce space occupation, a toggle joint fastened in a top tube for permitting the top tube to be folded up, and a shock-absorbing device fast
A folding bicycle having two handlebars which can be rotated upwards into a horizontal position for steering control or downwards into a collapsed position to reduce space occupation, a toggle joint fastened in a top tube for permitting the top tube to be folded up, and a shock-absorbing device fastened in a down tube for absorbing shock-waves and permitting the down tube to be folded up into a collapsed position.
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A folding bicycle comprising: a) a head tube assembly for steering control, the head tube assembly including a transverse rod having a pair of recesses at two opposite ends thereof, a pair of ratchets disposed in the pair of recesses, a pair of handle bars secured to the transverse rod, each handle
A folding bicycle comprising: a) a head tube assembly for steering control, the head tube assembly including a transverse rod having a pair of recesses at two opposite ends thereof, a pair of ratchets disposed in the pair of recesses, a pair of handle bars secured to the transverse rod, each handle bar having a ratchet at one end thereof engaged with a corresponding ratchet in a recess and secured in position by a screw; b) a top tube, a seat tube, the top tube being connected between the head tube assembly and the seat tube, the top tube including a front tube and a rear tube, a toggle joint connecting the front and rear tubes, the toggle joint including a stub tube transversely fastened on the front tube at one end thereof, the stub tube including two bearings fastened therein at two opposite ends thereof, a U-shaped frame fastened on the rear tube at one end thereof, the U-shaped frame including two pivot holes at two opposite ends, and a bolt and a lock nut securing the U-shaped frame to the two bearings; c) a down tube, a shock-absorbing device secured in the down tube, a protective sleeve enclosing the shock-absorbing device, a bottom bracket at a bottom end of the seat tube, the down tube being connected between the head tube assembly and the bottom bracket, the down tube including a forked portion at one end pivotally secured to the head tube assembly by a screw, an outer threaded portion and a joint at an opposite end; d) the shock-absorbing device including a front connector, a tension spring, a rear connector, a connecting sleeve and an adjusting nut; e) the front connector including a joint holder at one end, the joint holder being comprised of two symmetrical connecting plates for holding the joint on the down tube, means for securing the joint holder to the joint, an outer threaded portion, a worm, and an elongate rod; f) the rear connector including an elongate sleeve, the elongate rod being disposable within the elongate sleeve, a worm, an outer threaded portion and a forked connecting end connected to the bottom bracket by a screw; g) the tension spring having one end secured to the worm on the front connector and an opposite end secured to the worm on the rear connector; h) the connecting sleeve including two internally threaded opposite ends releasably and threadedly engaged with the outer threaded portions of the front and rear connectors to enclose the tension spring therein; i) the adjusting nut being mounted on the outer threaded portion of the rear connector for controlling the position of the connecting sleeve on the front and rear connectors; and j) wherein the handle bars may be rotated upwardly and secured in a horizontal position for steering control or rotated downwardly into a collapsed position to reduce space occupation, the connecting sleeve may have one end released from the outer threaded portion of the front connector to permit the front and rear connectors to be connected by the tension spring for absorbing shock, the toggle joint for permitting the top tube to be folded up into a collapsed position, and the connection of the joint on the down tube and the joint holder on the front connector permits the down tube to be folded up into a collapsed position.
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