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

Claim 14:
15. 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 linking mechanism includes an operated member that releases the pivoting-position restriction, and
the linking mechanism is configured to allow the operated member to release the pivoting-position restriction when a force in a folding direction is applied to at least one of the front-wheel-side body and the rear-wheel-side body and the linking mechanism is configured so that the pivoting-position restriction cannot be released by operating the operated member when the force in the folding direction is not applied to the at least one of the front-wheel-side body and the rear-wheel-side body.