Patent ID: 7278815

Claim:
In combination, a support device and at least one statically unstable and dynamically stable personal vehicle including a platform, laterally spaced motor-driven parallel ground contacting wheels projecting below said platform, and a handle portion located above said platform, wherein the platform defines an upwardly facing surface and a downwardly facing surface, and wherein each ground contacting wheel is located outwardly of one of a pair of opposite sides defined by the platform such that the upwardly and downwardly facing surfaces of the platform are located between the ground contacting wheels, and wherein the support device comprises a support body having at least one upwardly facing support surface, wherein the upwardly facing support surface underlies the platform and is configured such that the upwardly facing support surface contacts the downwardly facing surface defined by the platform so that engagement of the platform with the upwardly facing support surface supports said vehicle in a statically stable position; and further comprising at least one selectively engageable latch device for maintaining the downwardly facing surface defined by the platform in engagement with the upwardly facing support surface of the support body, wherein the latch device is movable between an engaged position and a release position, wherein the latch device is configured such that, in the engaged position, the latch device engages the upwardly facing surface of the platform below the handle portion and exerts a downward force on the platform that maintains the downwardly facing surface of the platform in engagement with the upwardly facing support surface, and is further configured such that, when moved to the release position, the latch device releases the downward force on the platform to enable upward movement of the platform relative to the upwardly facing support surface.