초록

Improvements to personal vehicles including self-propelled and balancing personal vehicles. Ready detachability of a seat, footrest, seat back, control unit, wheels and caster assembly is provided using quick disconnect mechanisms.

대표청구항 ▼

1. A personal vehicle for locomotion across a surface, the vehicle comprising: a a support structure for bearing a payload; b a wheel that contacts the ground, the wheel coupled to the support structure and having a tapered bore and a hub having an inside groove; c an axle having a taper corres

1. A personal vehicle for locomotion across a surface, the vehicle comprising: a a support structure for bearing a payload; b a wheel that contacts the ground, the wheel coupled to the support structure and having a tapered bore and a hub having an inside groove; c an axle having a taper corresponding to the bore of the wheel and a threaded end; d a retaining ring seated on the inside groove of the hub of the wheel; and e a wheel nut having a threaded bore corresponding to the threaded end of the axle such that upon tightening the wheel is retained on the axle and upon loosening a force is applied to the retaining ring for removing the wheel from the axle.