US 11,884,352 B2
Micromobility electric vehicle ergonomics
Lucas Jon Van Houten, San Francisco, CA (US); Conrad Xavier Murphy, San Francisco, CA (US); Nathalie Delsaer, San Francisco, CA (US); Mark Phillip Holveck, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Gregoire Ludovic Vincent Vandenbussche, San Francisco, CA (US); Andrew Michael Reimer, San Francisco, CA (US); Daniel Lami Goldstein, Berkeley, CA (US); and Peter Rex Luedtke, Brooklyn, NY (US)
Assigned to Lyft, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Lyft, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 18, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/025,594.
Application 17/025,594 is a continuation of application No. 16/579,556, filed on Sep. 23, 2019, granted, now 10,780,938.
Prior Publication US 2021/0086860 A1, Mar. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. B62K 19/00 (2006.01); B62J 1/08 (2006.01); B62J 7/02 (2006.01); B62J 11/00 (2020.01); B62J 99/00 (2020.01); B62L 1/00 (2006.01); B62J 45/20 (2020.01)
CPC B62K 19/00 (2013.01) [B62J 1/08 (2013.01); B62J 7/02 (2013.01); B62J 11/00 (2013.01); B62J 99/00 (2013.01); B62L 1/00 (2013.01); B62J 45/20 (2020.02); B62K 2202/00 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
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1. An electric micromobility vehicle for use in a vehicle share system associated with a transportation matching system, wherein the electric micromobility vehicle is configured for seating users of different sizes, the electric micromobility vehicle comprising:
a column;
handlebars coupled to the column;
a continuous frame comprising a horizontal portion and an angled portion, wherein the horizontal portion and the angled portion are joined by a bent portion of the continuous frame;
a footboard with a flat portion coupled to the horizontal portion of the continuous frame;
a seat coupled to an end of the angled portion of the continuous frame, the angled portion of the continuous frame making an acute angle with the flat portion of the footboard, wherein the footboard and the seat are fixed and separated by a first vertical distance, and the footboard and the handlebars are fixed and separated by a second vertical distance;
a cargo storage location defined by (1) the footboard and the angled portion of the continuous frame and (2) the first vertical distance separating the seat and the footboard, wherein at least a portion of the cargo storage location is disposed between the seat and the footboard, wherein the footboard has a length between the column and the cargo storage location; and
a computing device affixed to the continuous frame, wherein the computing device is capable of executing a transportation matching system application for communicatively connecting the electric micromobility vehicle to the transportation matching system for executing a ride request for a user.