Electric personal mobility device with fold mechanism
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorsYoungseok Roh, Choonghee Rhew, Jaewook Lee
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Abstract
A personal mobility device includes a deck, wheels positioned at opposing ends of the deck, a pole extending at a proximal end from a first wheel of the wheels, and a handle located at a distal end of the pole. The deck includes a deck hinge located between a first deck end and a second deck end, and a deck latch operably connected to the deck hinge to retain the deck in an extended position, and configured such that releasing of the deck latch allows for folding of the deck about the deck hinge toward a folded position.
Claims20
A personal mobility device, comprising:
- a deck;
- wheels disposed at opposing ends of the deck;
- a pole extending at a proximal end from a first wheel of the wheels;
- and
- a handle disposed at a distal end of the pole;
- wherein the deck includes:
- a deck hinge disposed between a first deck end and a second deck end;
- and
- a deck latch operably connected to the deck hinge to retain the deck in an extended position and configured such that releasing of the deck latch allows for folding of the deck about the deck hinge toward a folded position.
A personal mobility device, comprising:
- a deck;
- wheels disposed at opposing ends of the deck;
- and
- a pole extending at a proximal end from a first wheel of the wheels;
- wherein the pole includes:
- a lower pole portion operably connected to the first wheel;
- an upper pole portion operably connected to the lower pole portion and to a handle, the upper pole portion configured to be selectably movable in the lower pole portion to shorten a length of the pole;
- and
- a pole latch operably connected to the lower pole portion, the pole latch configured to retain the pole in an upright position relative to the deck and allow for folding of the pole toward the deck when the pole latch is released;
- wherein the pole latch is configured to be automatically released when the upper pole portion is lowered into the lower pole portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.