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A folding collapsible kick scooter is made to include a base frame supported on a rear wheel a handlebar and front fork assembly supported on a front wheel, a connecting bar having one end fixedly connected to the handlebar and front fork assembly and a rear end pivotally connected between two arche

A folding collapsible kick scooter is made to include a base frame supported on a rear wheel a handlebar and front fork assembly supported on a front wheel, a connecting bar having one end fixedly connected to the handlebar and front fork assembly and a rear end pivotally connected between two arched upright lugs at the base frame by a pivot for enabling the handlebar and front fork assembly to be turned with the connecting bar relative to the base frame between an extended position and a collapsed position, and a quick-release lock installed in the lugs and the connecting bar and controlled to lock the handlebar and front fork assembly and the connecting bar, the quick-release lock formed of a locking lever, a holding-down block, a shaft inserted through an arched slot on each lug, and a cap nut, wherein the shaft has a flat rear end moved with the locking lever between two expanded ends of an arched slot on one lug and forced into engagement with two protruded portions in one expanded end of the arched slot upon a 90.degree. rotary motion of the shaft with the locking lever.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A folding collapsible kick scooter comprising a front wheel, a rear wheel, a handlebar and front fork assembly supported on said front wheel, a base frame, said base frame having two arched upright lugs at a front side thereof and a rear side supported on said rear wheel,

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A folding collapsible kick scooter comprising a front wheel, a rear wheel, a handlebar and front fork assembly supported on said front wheel, a base frame, said base frame having two arched upright lugs at a front side thereof and a rear side supported on said rear wheel, said arched upright lugs each having an arched slot, a connecting bar, said connecting bar having a front end fixedly connected to said handlebar and front fork assembly and a rear end pivotally connected between the two arched upright lugs at said base frame by a pivot for enabling said handlebar and front fork assembly to be turned with said connecting bar relative to said base frame between an extended position and a collapsed position, and a quick-release lock installed in the lugs at said base frame and the rear end of said connecting bar and controlled to lock said handlebar and front fork assembly and said connecting bar, said quick-release lock comprised of a locking lever, a holding-down block a shaft, and a cap nut, said shaft having one end inserted through a through hole on said holding-down block and pivotally connected to said locking lever by pivot means, and an opposite end threaded and inserted through the arched slot on each lug at said base frame and a through hole on said connecting bar and then screwed up with said cap nut, wherein:the rear end of said shaft is a flat end of oblong cross section, having two opposite flat side walls, the through hole of said holding-down block is an oblong through hole fitting the cross section of the rear end of said shaft; said connecting bar is a tubular member holding a torisonal spring on the inside around said shaft, said torsional spring having a first end fastened to the flat rear end of said shaft and a second end secured to the peripheral wall of said connecting bar; the arched slot on each lug of said base frame has two expanded ends, the expanded ends of the arched slot on one lug of said base frame each having two vertically spaced protruded portions for engagement with the two opposite flat side walls of the rear end of said shaft upon a 90.degree. rotary motion of said shaft with said locking lever after the rear end of said shaft has been moved to the expanded end at one end of the arched slot on one lug of said base frame.