Patents Assigned to Merits Health Products Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 5503243
    Abstract: A self-propelled personal mobility vehicle and frame therefor and method of assembly of the dismantled vehicle. The frame includes a front support for a steerable wheel and a coupling member connected to a rear portion of the frame which is releasibly engagable with a drive assembly operably positioned immediately rearward of the frame. The drive assembly includes a centrally positioned drive gear housing having a transversely extending tubular drive shaft housing and spaced rear support wheels operably connected at each end of the drive shaft housing for supporting and propelling the vehicle. The coupling member is releasibly engaged over the drive shaft housing by first lifting the rear of the frame with the drive assembly resting on the ground. The frame is then moved diagonally rearwardly or toward the drive assembly and downwardly so that, when fully engaged over and upon the drive shaft housing, the coupling member, by frame and vehicle weight alone, prevents further lateral and fore and aft (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 2, 1996
    Assignee: Merits Health Products Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Thomas E. Kruse
  • Patent number: D428365
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2000
    Assignee: Merits Health Products Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Larry M. Cheng