Patent ID: 11866121
Assignee: WHILL, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  A | IPC A  B

Claim 17:
18. An electric mobility vehicle comprising:
a front-wheel-side body including a front wheel;
a rear-wheel-side body including a rear wheel;
a seat on which a passenger sits in an in-use state; and
a linking mechanism that links the front-wheel-side body with the rear-wheel-side body so as to be pivotable about a pivoting axis extending in a vehicle width direction, wherein
the electric mobility vehicle is foldable by employing an X-shaped frame with which a folded state is achieved by pivoting the front-wheel-side body and the rear-wheel-side body relative to each other in a vehicle front-to-rear direction so that the front wheel and the rear wheel are brought close to each other,
the electric mobility vehicle includes:
a footrest which is provided in the front-wheel-side body and on which the passenger on the seat places his/her feet,
a front-end roller or a front-end caster provided in the front-wheel-side body and disposed at a vehicle front side of the electric mobility vehicle relative to a front end of the front wheel in the in-use state, wherein the front-end roller or the front-end caster does not come into contact with a floor surface in the in-use state, and

wherein the front-end roller or the front-end caster comes into contact with the floor surface in the folded state to make the electric mobility vehicle stand alone,
wherein the rear-wheel-side body includes a pair of up-down-direction extension portions that are arranged in the vehicle width direction,
the up-down-direction extension portions include detachable top-end-side portions, respectively,
the top-end-side portions include protrusions that have shapes of protruding inward in the vehicle width direction and that come into contact with outer sides of the thighs or the knees of the passenger seated on the seat in a continuous or intermittent manner, and
each of the up-down-direction extension portions is configured so that the top-end-side portion can be attached in an orientation in which the protrusion is disposed outside in the vehicle width direction or so that another top-end-side portion in which the protrusion does not protrude inside in the vehicle width direction can be attached.