Patent ID: 8764061

Claim:
A stand assembly to be attached to a personal transport device, said device including a base and at least one axle, said axle being adapted to support at least one wheel, said wheel being adapted to assist movement of said device along a surface; the assembly to be located in use adjacent a centre of mass of said device and including a pair of arms extending generally parallel to each other and longitudinally towards a bridging member to define a “U” shape; each said arm including a hole at a free end remote said bridging member and adapted to engage said axle in use to permit movement of said arms about said axle between a use position and a stored position; whereby in a use position said assembly inhibits said device from moving along said surface and in a stored position said assembly permits movement of said device along said surface, the assembly further including a locking plate operatively associated with said axle and said arms and including retaining means to hold said assembly in said stored position; wherein the retaining means include a pair of magnets operatively associated with each other to hold the assembly in said stored position, whereby one magnet is secured to an arm and one magnet is secured to said locking plate.