Patent ID: 8776932
Filing Date: 2014-07-15
Classification: B62K

Abstract:
1. A foldable electric cart comprising: a frame assembly including a left side beam, a right side beam, a rear beam integral with the left side beam and the right side beam, a rear transverse beam extending from the left side beam to the right side beam, a front transverse beam extending from the left side beam to the right side beam, a front foot support plate portion extending from the left side beam to the right side beam, and a rear foot support plate portion extending from the left side beam to the right side beam; a vertical left side seat support plate attached to the frame assembly, and spaced from the left side beam; a vertical right side seat support plate attached to the frame assembly, spaced from the left side beam and parallel to the left side beam; a rear lower tube pivotally connected to the vertical left side seat support plate and the vertical right side seat support plate by a lower rear pin, a left rear arm connected to the rear lower tube, a right rear arm connected to the lower rear tube, a front lower tube pivotally connected to the vertical left side seat support plate and the vertical right side seat support plate by a lower front pin that is parallel to and spaced from the lower rear pin, a left front arm connected to the front lower tube, right front arm connected to the front lower tube, a seat mount assembly pivotally attached to the left rear arm and the right rear arm by an upper rear pivot pin, pivotally attached to the left front arm and the right front arm by an upper forward pivot pin, a seat bottom of the seat mount assembly moveable between a horizontal raised position above the frame assembly and a front lower tube and a horizontal lowered position forward of the lower front pin, and a seat back rest pivotally attached to the seat bottom for pivotal movement between a substantially vertical use position and a substantially horizontal storage position; a left vertical front plate fixed to the frame assembly, and a right vertical front plate fixed to the frame assembly and spaced from the left vertical front plate; a steering tube, with an attached yoke, journaled in a housing, the housing including a left trunnion journaled in the left vertical front plate a right trunnion journaled in the right vertical front plate for pivotal movement about a transverse horizontal axis of the left trunnion and the right trunnion, a steering handle base clamped to the steering tube above the housing and the attached yoke; a left tube attached to the steering handle base, a right tube attached to the steering handle base, a left steering handle and a right steering handle attached to the left tube and the right tube and wherein the housing is pivotal about the transverse horizontal axis of the housing between a steering use position and a steering storage position with the left steering handle and the right steering handle to the rear of the seat bottom when the seat bottom is in the substantially horizontal storage position; a rear axle attached to the frame assembly, a left rear wheel and tier mounted on the rear axle, and a right rear wheel and tire mounted on the rear axle; and a hub motor driven wheel journaled on the yoke attached to the steering tube.