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Personal mobility vehicle

  • US 6,619,414 B2
  • Filed: 01/03/2002
  • Issued: 09/16/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/03/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A personal mobility vehicle, comprising:

  • a frame with a pair of parallel tracks for moving the vehicle, each track having a lower surface forming a drive plane for the tracks;

    a plurality of drive wheels mounted within each track for driving the tracks forwardly and rearwardly;

    a lift wheel interposed in each track forwardly of the drive wheels, said lift wheels positioned to form a flight on each track which slopes forwardly and upwardly from the drive plane of the tracks;

    a rearward lift wheel interposed in each track rearwardly of the drive wheels, said rearward lift wheels positioned to form a flight on each track which slopes rearwardly and upwardly from the drive plane of the tracks; and

    a seat operably mounted on the frame, and having support means for moving the seat about a generally horizontal axis normal to a longitudinal axis of the tracks, to maintain the seat in a generally upright position as the vehicle moves up or down a slope;

    said seat operably mounted for rotational movement on a vertical axis, to permit the seat to swivel to the side;

    said seat including a pair of armrests thereon and further including control means mounted on one of the armrests for controlling the tracks and the direction of movement of the vehicle.

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