SELF-BALANCING VEHICLE WITH ADJUSTABLE OR MOVABLE POSITIONING OF FOOT PLATFORMS
Personal transportation devices having at least first and second foot platform units that are each fore-aft self-balancing. Various connector structures are disclosed that permit movement and/or positioning of the foot platform units at difference distances or spacings from one another. The spacing may be releaseably set or free moving or other. The connecting structure may maintain a parallel relationship between the two foot platform units, in the line of direction of travel of the device. The foot platform units may move laterally or longitudinally or both, depending on the embodiment, from one another.
1 . A personal transportation device, comprising:
a first foot platform unit having a first wheel and configured for fore-aft self-balancing operation;
a second foot platform unit having a second wheel and configured for fore-aft self-balancing operation;
a connector coupled to the first and the second foot platform units that is configured such that the distance between the foot platforms units or the location of the foot platform units relative to one another may be changed.