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

Claim 16:
17. 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 linking mechanism is configured to perform pivoting-position restriction that restricts pivoting of the front-wheel-side body with respect to the rear-wheel-side body in the folded state,
the rear-wheel-side body includes a pair of up-down-direction extension portions that are arranged in the vehicle width direction,
an operated member that releases the pivoting-position restriction is provided in one of the pair of up-down-direction extension portions,
a fixed member that cannot be pushed down together with the operated member is provided at an inside in the vehicle width direction relative to the operated member in the up-down-direction extension portions to which the operated member is provided, and
the distance between the operated member and the fixed member is equal to or less than 3 mm.