Riding vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11377014-B2
Application number	US-202016853843-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 21, 2020
Priority date	Apr 24, 2019
Publication date	Jul 5, 2022
Grant date	Jul 5, 2022

Abstract

A riding vehicle includes: a main body supporting a wheel and on which a steering stay and a seat stay are erected at an interval in a traveling direction; a handle provided on the steering stay; a pedestal portion fixed to an upper end of the seat stay; a seat rotatably connected to the pedestal portion, and configured to switch between a riding state where the seat stands upright to cover the pedestal portion from above so as to be in an arrangement suitable for riding and a cart state where the seat is inclined in a traveling direction away from the steering stay to open an upper portion of the pedestal portion so as to be in an arrangement suitable for conveyance movement with baggage placed thereon; and a stopper interposed between the pedestal portion and the seat and regulating the seat in the riding and cart states.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A riding vehicle comprising:
a main body that supports a wheel and on which a steering stay and a seat stay are erected at an interval in a traveling direction;
a handle provided on the steering stay;
a pedestal portion fixed to an upper end of the seat stay;
a seat that is rotatably connected to the pedestal portion, and is configured to switch between a riding state in which the seat stands upright to cover the pedestal portion from above so as to be in an arrangement suitable for riding and a cart state in which the seat is inclined in a traveling direction away from the steering stay to open an upper portion of the pedestal portion so as to be in an arrangement suitable for conveyance movement with baggage placed on the pedestal portion; and
a stopper that is interposed between the pedestal portion and the seat and regulates the seat in the riding state and the cart state.

2. The riding vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
a direction of a seating load of an occupant relative to the seat in the riding state is set such that the stopper generates a moment of force in a direction of regulating the seat in the riding state.

3. The riding vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the pedestal portion includes a bottom wall portion fixed to the upper end of the seat stay and a pair of first side holding portions projecting upward from both ends of the bottom wall portion in a vehicle width direction,
the seat includes:
a seat frame including a top plate portion and a pair of second side holding portions projecting downward from both ends of the top plate portion in the vehicle width direction and rotatably connected to the two first side holding portions on both outer sides of the two first side holding portions in the vehicle width direction, and
a seating portion mounted on the top plate portion, and

in the cart state, a movement of the baggage placed on the bottom wall portion in the vehicle width direction is regulated by cooperation of the two first side holding portions and the two second side holding portions.

4. The riding vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a holding projection that projects from the steering stay in the traveling direction approaching the seat stay and holds the other end portion of the baggage having one end portion placed on the pedestal portion in the cart state.

5. The riding vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein
the holding projection is rotatably connected to the steering stay, and is configured to switch between a storage state in which the holding projection stands upright along the steering stay and an expanded state in which the holding projection projects in the traveling direction approaching the seat stay so that the other end portion of the baggage is placed thereon.

6. The riding vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein
a plurality of holding projections are provided.

Assignees

• Aisin Corp

Inventors

• Ishida Toshihiko
• Taniguchi Yoshiteru
• Umehara Hideyuki

Classifications

• B62K2202/00

  Motorised scooters · CPC title

• B60P1/6418

  the load-transporting element being a container or similar · CPC title

• B62K13/08

  Frames · CPC title

• B62K2204/00

  Adaptations for driving cycles by electric motor · CPC title

• B62J7/02

  characterised by the arrangement thereof on cycles · CPC title