Patent ID: 11963915
Assignee: ITALDESIGN-GIUGIARO S.P.A.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 0:
1. A personal transporter for transporting a passenger, said personal transporter comprising:
a seat configured to accommodate the passenger in a sitting position;
a frame comprising:
a base, configured to form a support surface for feet of the passenger, and
a strut connected to said base and configured, in use, to support said seat in a lifted position relative to said base,
wherein the strut is movable relative to the base between an open configuration, in which the seat is in a distal position relative to the base, and a folded configuration relative to the base, in which the seat is in a proximal position relative to the base,
wherein the strut is hinged, at a first end, to the base, pivotably between the open configuration and the folded configuration;

a pair of driving wheels and at least one non-driving wheel associated to said base, said pair of driving wheels and said at least one non-driving wheel being configured to define, in use, three unaligned points of support on a ground;
a pair of electric motors, each electric motor being configured to supply a driving torque to a respective driving wheel;
a pair of control pedals, each control pedal being associated with a respective electric motor to drive in rotation a respective driving wheel, depending on a command imparted on said control pedal by the passenger sitting on the seat; and
a support rod configured, in use, to support the strut in the open configuration, said support rod being hinged to the strut at a second end of the strut, opposite to said first end of the strut, and being slidably mounted on the base;
wherein the base comprises a guide, in which the support rod is slidably mounted, and
wherein said base comprises a rear portion configured to support said at least one non-driving wheel and a pair of front portions, each front portion being hinged to the strut and rotatable integrally with a respective control pedal.