Patent ID: 7882918

Claim:
A two-wheeled electric motor scooter comprising: a front frame; a front wheel assembly coupled to the front frame; a back frame; a back wheel assembly coupled to the back frame; and a center pivot mechanism coupled to the front frame and the back frame, the center pivot mechanism having a pivot axis which intersects but is not perpendicular to a vertical plane which includes the longitudinal center line of the motor scooter and bisects the motor scooter, the center pivot mechanism permitting folding of the electric motor scooter and the pivot axis having an angle relative to the vertical plane such that when the motor scooter is folded, the center pivot mechanism moves upwards relative to a surface upon which the scooter is standing and the front wheel assembly and the back wheel assembly move relative to each other on the surface until the wheel assembles are standing side by side on the surface.