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US 2026/0274368 A1Published application
Scooter convertible to push-cart
AssigneeGolfit Ltd.
InventorsZiv Maor, DOV Berger
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Abstract
A motorized scooter that may be reversibly converted into a push-cart, which may be powered or non-powered. Converting to a push-cart may include shortening a wheel base and/or tilting a steering column backward and/or extending a steering handle backward.
Claims20
A method of converting a personal mobility vehicle between a scooter mode and a push-cart mode, the method comprising:
- transforming a linkage between a front portion and a rear portion of the vehicle to reduce a wheelbase of the vehicle;
- tilting a steering system rearwardly relative to the front portion while the wheelbase is reduced;
- positioning a user-operable steering member rearward of rear wheels of the vehicle;
- and
- steering the vehicle from behind the vehicle while the vehicle is in the push-cart mode.
2 more elements
A method for operating a convertible mobility vehicle, comprising:
- converting the vehicle from a rider-operated scooter configuration to a walk-behind push-cart configuration by shortening a wheelbase of the vehicle;
- and
- during the converting, reorienting a steering column to tilting the steering column rearwardly such that a front wheel of the convertable mobility vehicle exhibits a caster effect while the vehicle is guided from behind.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.