Patent ID: 7887085

Claim:
A folding and fixing structure of a people-carrying vehicle, comprising: at least one pivotal member interposed between and pivoted at two ends thereof to a vehicle body and a seat of the vehicle; the pivotal member having a first fixing hole thereon; the pivotal member having at least one second fixing hole thereon; and a fixing mechanism to fix the seat; the fixing mechanism including a fixing component; the fixing component being partly held in the first fixing hole of the pivotal member to fix the seat when the seat is in a lowered not-in-use position; the fixing component being partly held in the second fixing hole of the pivotal member to fix the seat when the seat is in a raised in-use position; wherein the vehicle body has a supporting member at each of two sides thereof, and there are two said pivotal members, which are pivoted to the supporting members respectively; each said pivotal member having a curved slot; the first fixing hole of each said pivotal member adjoining a lower end of a corresponding said curved slot; the second fixing hole of each said pivotal member adjoining an upper end of a corresponding said curved slot; the seat having two passage grooves on a bottom side thereof; the seat having a stopping part in each of the passage grooves thereof; the fixing mechanism further including: (a) a handle, and two pulling strings each joined to one of two ends of the handle; the two ends of the handle being passed through the passage grooves respectively, with the handle being stopped at the two ends by the stopping parts formed in the passage grooves of the seat; the pulling strings extending along the passage grooves respectively; (b) two holding sleeves firmly joined on the vehicle body to face the pivotal members respectively; (c) two fixing components, which are each connected to a respective said pulling string, and held in a respective said holding sleeve; and (d) two elastic elements held in the holding sleeves respectively; the elastic elements being each in contact with a corresponding said fixing component.