Patent ID: 8513917

Claim:
A recharging system for a rechargeable battery of an inverted pendulum vehicle, comprising: a stand for holding the inverted pendulum vehicle in a substantially upright posture by using a supporting member that engages a prescribed part of the inverted pendulum vehicle; and a power feed device provided on the stand and connected to a power source; wherein the power feed device is configured to electrically couple with a power take device provided on the inverted pendulum vehicle to feed electric power from the power source to the rechargeable battery; the power feed device is positioned so as to provide receive electric power to the power take device when the inverted pendulum vehicle is put into a prescribed positional relationship to the supporting member of the stand; and the supporting member comprises a front wall configured for leaning a narrow section of the inverted pendulum vehicle against thereto, the narrow section being in a vertically intermediate part of the inverted pendulum vehicle, and the narrow section being narrowed in the fore and aft direction.