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US 20110133427A1 (19) United States (12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub. No.: US 2011/0133427 A1 Bashan et al. (43) Pub. Date: Jun. 9, 2011 (54) RECYCLABLE CARDBOARD BICYCLE Publication Classi?cation (51) Int. Cl. (76) Inventors: Tsafrir Bashan, Modiin (IL); Izhar 362K 3/00 (200601) Gafni, KibbutZ Hamaapil (IL) 362M 1/00 (201001) (52) US. Cl. .................................... .. 280/210; 280/87.05 (57) ABSTRACT (21) Appl. No.: 12/631,831 A human powered land Vehicle suf?ciently rigid so as to transport a human rider constructed only from pulpably recy (22) Filed: Dec. 6, 2009 clable and shreddably recyclable materials. Patent Application Publication Jun. 9, 2011 Sheet 1 0f 9 US 2011/0133427 A1 FIG.1 Patent Application Publication Jun. 9, 2011 Sheet 2 0f 9 US 2011/0133427 Al O N /Q £\J @ N KR“ ‘93 9' LL. Patent Application Publication Jun. 9, 2011 Sheet 3 0f 9 US 2011/0133427 A1 FIG.3 Patent Application Publication Jun. 9, 2011 Sheet 4 0f 9 US 2011/0133427 A1 4AFlG. Patent Application Publication Jun. 9, 2011 Sheet 5 0f 9 US 2011/0133427 A1 4BFIG. Patent Application Publication Jun. 9, 2011 Sheet 6 0f 9 US 2011/0133427 A1 H6.5 Patent Application Publication Jun. 9, 2011 Sheet 7 0f 9 US 2011/0133427 A1 FIG.6 Patent Application Publication Jun. 9, 2011 Sheet 8 0f 9 US 2011/0133427 A1 FIG.7 H Patent Application Publication Jun. 9, 2011 Sheet 9 0f 9 US 2011/0133427 A1 70 FIG.8 7d US 2011/0133427 A1 Jun. 9, 2011 RECYCLABLE CARDBOARD BICYCLE cally designated as honeycomb cardboard, is a general refer ence to one or more of the cardboard-like materials namely, FIELD AND BACKGROUND OF THE cardboard, paperboard, ?berboard, honeycomb cardboard, INVENTION corrugated cardboard, corrugated ?berboard, corrugated paperboard and corrugated honeycomb cardboard, and/ or a [0001] The present invention relates to a recyclable veloci combination thereof. pede and, more particularly, to a bicycle made from honey [0011] Scooter comb cardboard or corrugated honeycomb cardboard, With [0012] The term ‘scooter’ is de?ned for the purposes of this various polyethylene terephthalate (PET) components. application as a pedal-less vehicle propelled by the user’s legs [0002] Typically, bicycles and children’s vehicles (tri pushing off against a surface, usually the ground, unless cycles, ‘scooters’, etc.) are constructed from durable, light speci?cally denoted as being motoriZed. Weight materials Which are not easily recycled. Steel, plastic, rubber and numerous other materials are combined together to provide a comfortable, utilitarian vehicle for recreational SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION use. The ?nal products range from the moderately priced to the very expensive. Typically, such vehicles are purchased [0013] According to the teachings of the present invention and kept until they become unusable, either due to damage or there is provided a human poWered land vehicle Wherein the no longer being age appropriate. At this point the vehicle is vehicle includes (a) a frame and (b) at least one pulpably usually discarded, destined to take its place in some unnamed recyclable Wheel and shreddably recyclable hub arrangement land?ll. coupled to the frame Wherein the frame is propelled by a user [0003] The current invention provides a lightWeight, of the vehicle by effecting the rotation of the at least one durable and fully recyclable bicycle. The embodiments Wheel and hub arrangement depicted here-beloW have an approximate Weight of seven [0014] According to further features in preferred embodi Kilograms, can bear the Weight of at least tWo hundred Kilo ments of the invention described beloW the pulpably recy grams and is made of components Which are 100% recyclable clable Wheel includes cardboard and/or paperboard and/or using standard recycling methods. ?berboard and/or honeycomb cardboard and/or corrugated cardboard and/or corrugated paperboard and/or corrugated DEFINITIONS ?berboard and/or corrugated honeycomb cardboard and the [0004] Recycling shreddably recyclable hub includes PET and/or one or more [0005] Strictly speaking, almost any material can be thermoplastic material and/or one or more recycled plastic recycled. Therefore, for the purposes of this application, the material. terms ‘recycle’, ‘recyclable’, ‘recycling’, ‘pulpably recy [0015] According to still further features in the described clable’ and the like are de?ned as referring to the process of preferred embodiments the vehicle is a unicycle. reducing a material from a substantially solid form into a [0016] According to still further features in the described slurry, by adding Water, and subsequently drying the slurry to preferred embodiments the vehicle is a bicycle. produce a material substantially identical to the original [0017] According to still further features in the described material. In addition, the terms ‘recycle’, ‘recyclable’, ‘recy preferred embodiments the vehicle is a tricycle. cling’ and ‘shreddably recyclable’ are understood to also [0018] According to still further features in the described relate to the recycling process of a material such as PET, Wherein the material is ground into ?ake form and cleaned preferred embodiments the vehicle is a scooter. thereby rendering it reusable in a variety of useful products [0019] According to another aspect of the present invention such as carpet ?ber, strapping, molding compounds, and non there is provided a vehicle including (a) a pulpably recyclable food containers. fork and (b) at least one pulpably recyclable Wheel and [0006] Honeycomb Cardboard shreddably recyclable hub arrangement coupled to the pulpa [0007] The current invention is constructed from honey bly recyclable fork. comb cardboard or corrugated honeycomb cardboard and [0020] According to further features in preferred embodi includes PET and/ or cardboard components. The terms ‘cor ments of the invention described beloW the pulpably recy rugated honeycomb cardboard’ and ‘honeycomb cardboard’ clable fork and Wheel includes cardboard and/or paperboard are de?ned herein as referring to material made up of at least and/or ?berboard and/or honeycomb cardboard and/or corru tWo linerboards and honeycomb ?lling made from paper gated cardboard and/ or corrugated paperboard and/or corru board, ?berboard or cardboard. Honeycomb cardboard is gated ?berboard and/ or corrugated honeycomb cardboard. Well knoWn in the art and its uses are Well documented, for [0021] According to still further features in preferred example in US Patent Application 2006/ 0207481 to McCar embodiments, the shreddably recyclable hub includes PET thy Which is incorporated by reference for all purposes as if and/or one or more thermoplastic material and/or one or more fully set forth herein. recycled plastic material. [0008] The preferred honeycomb cardboard for the embodiments described here beloW is knoWn as Fini 440 due [0022] According to another aspect of the present invention to the Weight per square meter being 440 g p/ sq. meter. Pref there is provided a vehicle including a recyclable drivetrain erably the depth of the honeycomb cardboard ?ller is in a Wherein the recyclable drivetrain includes pulpably recy range betWeen 15 mm and 70 mm. More preferably the range clable or shreddably recyclable material. Preferably the pul is betWeen 20 mm and 50 mm. Most preferably the range is pably recyclable material includes cardboard and/or paper betWeen 30 mm and 40 mm. board and/ or ?berboard and/or honeycomb cardboard and/or [0009] Cardboard corrugated cardboard and/or corrugated paperboard and/or [0010] In addition to the materials speci?cally mentioned, corrugated ?berboard and/or corrugated honeycomb card the current invention may alternatively and/ or additionally be board and the shreddably recyclable material includes PET comprised of cardboard and similar materials such as paper and/or one or more thermoplastic material and/or one or more board and ?berboard. The term ‘cardboard’ When not speci? recycled plastic material. US 2011/0133427 A1 Jun. 9, 2011 [0023] According to further features in preferred embodi [0033] FIG. 1 is a diagram of an embodiment of the inven ments the recyclable drivetrain includes a recyclable coupling tion; apparatus operationally connecting at least one pulpably [0034] FIG. 2 is a diagram of the frame of an embodiment recyclable pedal to a pulpably recyclable Wheel and of FIG. 1; shreddably recyclable hub arrangement. [0035] FIG. 3 is a diagram of the drivetrain and Wheels of an [0024] More preferably, the recyclable coupling apparatus embodiment of FIG. 1 With one of the pedals deleted; includes a crank arm operationally coupling the at least one [0036] FIG. 4A is a diagram of the rear hub of an embodi pedal to the Wheel and hub arrangement. Also more prefer ment of FIG. 1; ably, the recyclable coupling apparatus includes (a) a forWard [0037] FIG. 4B is a diagram of one Wheel of an embodi pinion operationally coupled to the at least one pedal; (b) an aft pinion operationally coupled to the Wheel and hub ment of FIG. 1; arrangement; and (c) a timing belt operationally coupling the [0038] FIG. 5 is a diagram of the fork of an embodiment of aft pinion to the forWard pinion. Most preferably the timing FIG. 1; belt includes a pulpably or shreddably recyclable material. [0039] FIG. 6 is a diagram ofa coupling PET hinge ofFIG. [0025] According to another aspect of the present invention 1. there is provided a human poWered land vehicle suf?ciently [0040] FIG. 7 is a diagram of second embodiment of the rigid to transport a human rider and constructed only from invention; pulpably recyclable and shreddably recyclable materials. [0041] FIG. 8 is a diagram of the drivetrain of the second Preferably the pulpably recyclable materials include card embodiment of the invention. board and/or paperboard and/or ?berboard and/or honey comb cardboard and/ or corrugated cardboard and/ or corru DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED gated paperboard and/or corrugated ?berboard and/or EMBODIMENTS corrugated honeycomb cardboard, and the shreddably recy clable material includes PET and/or one or more thermoplas [0042] The principles and operation of a recyclable card tic material and/or one or more recycled plastic material.