Convertible Scooter
AssigneeUrban626, LLC
InventorsSven Etzelsberger, Grant Delgatty
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Abstract
Foldable electrical vehicles and related charging infrastructure are described. The foldable electrical vehicle generally includes three structural members (front and rear wheel-bearing structural members and a seat-bearing structural member) that are pivotally interconnected along their lengths such that they may be pivoted between a closed position wherein the three structural members are disposed roughly parallel to each other in a compact folded configuration, and an open riding configuration wherein an angular relation is formed between the structural members.
Claims21
A vehicle comprising:
- a front and a rear wheel-bearing structural members having first and second ends and each defining a wheel-bearing structural member longitudinal axis, each of said wheelbearing structural members having at least one wheel assembly interconnected to the second end thereof and two wheel-bearing structural member pivot interconnections disposed along the length thereof;
- at least one seat-bearing structural member having first and second ends and defining a seat-bearing structural member longitudinal axis, the seat-bearing structural member having a seating platform interconnected to the second end thereof and at least two seat-bearing pivot interconnections disposed along the length thereof;
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- wherein the wheel-bearing structural member pivot interconnections disposed on the ends distal to the wheel assemblies are pivotably interconnected, and the wheel-bearing structural member pivot interconnections disposed on the lengths thereof are pivotably interconnected with the seat-bearing pivot interconnections and are configured to cooperatively interconnect to form a vehicle pivot mechanism such that the structural members are pivotably interconnected to move between at least two configurations:
- a riding configuration wherein the longitudinal axes of the two wheel bearing structural members and the seat-bearing structural members have angular offsets relative to each other, and
- a folded configuration wherein the longitudinal axes of the two wheel-bearing structural members and the seat-bearing structural member are roughly parallel.
The vehicle of claim 9, wherein the pivot locking mechanism comprises a latch 10 disposed on the seat-bearing member and configured to engage the first end of at least one of the at least two wheel-bearing structural members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.