Transportable station for storing and recharging personal mobility vehicles

Abstract

The present invention relates to a transportable station for storing and recharging personal mobility vehicles comprising a prefabricated container (1) with an inner compartment provided with a first area (10) for storing personal mobility electric vehicles (100) such as electric bicycles (100) and scooters, means for their attachment and power supply means, the container (1) being formed by side walls, a base and a ceiling which define a rectangular parallelepiped structure with panels (3) that can be opened to provides access thereto. The power supply means comprise rechargeable batteries and solar panels (4) on the upper ceiling of the container (1) and / or a connection point (16) to an external power outlet as an electrical power source. Optionally, the invention comprises a second maintenance area (20), separated by a divider panel (5), and a toilet area (30) separated by a second divider panel.

Description

[0001] DESCRIPTION

[0002] Transportable station for storage and charging of personal mobility vehicles

[0003] OBJECT OF THE INVENTION

[0004] The invention, as expressed in the title of this specification, relates to a transportable station for storing and recharging personal mobility vehicles that provides, for its intended purpose, advantages and features, which are described in detail below.

[0005] The object of the present invention lies in a station for the storage and recharging of urban personal electric mobility vehicles, particularly electric bicycles, although it is not ruled out for other personal mobility vehicles such as electric scooters or electric motorcycles, in order to offer a rental and / or parking and recharging service for said vehicles, which has the advantageous particularity of comprising a prefabricated and transportable container, easy and quick to install, which is also preferably energetically autonomous, allowing it to be placed in any place that is required, both outside and inside and on a more or less ephemeral or prolonged basis, mainly in urban roads, tourist complexes, sports complexes, or other locations where moments of high demand are generated, such as for example in port facilities, to serve cruise passengers,in fairgrounds and other similar facilities for holding conferences, concerts, sporting, cultural or social events, to provide service to attendees.

[0006] FIELD OF APPLICATION OF THE INVENTION

[0007] The field of application of the present invention falls within the technical sector concerning the industry dedicated to the manufacture and installation of stations for storage and recharging of personal mobility vehicles.

[0008] BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION As is known, the use of personal electric mobility vehicles, such as bicycles, scooters and electric motorcycles, which run on electric batteries, is becoming increasingly widespread.

[0009] Using this type of vehicle, whether privately owned or rented, offers many advantages in terms of cost savings and ease of travel, especially on short trips and in urban environments.

[0010] This is why new establishments offering bicycle, scooter, and electric motorcycle rental and maintenance services have proliferated. While these establishments are feasible in urban areas with existing facilities, they have the disadvantage of not being able to be located in areas without physical premises. Furthermore, if the owner wishes to test this service anywhere, a large investment is required, either by adapting the interior of a facility or by building a new space.

[0011] On the other hand, there is a great potential for potential users of these types of vehicles, especially for rental purposes in certain locations, such as port stations, where thousands of tourists arrive daily who could rent these types of vehicles to visit the city and instead must use polluting alternative means of transport.The same applies to environments where ephemeral events are held but which bring together thousands of attendees who, in turn, are also potential users of personal transport vehicles to move between the event venue and their accommodation or to visit the city, avoiding the use of vehicles such as taxis, Uber, vans, and minibuses, which are much more polluting and cause traffic jams. They can even be used to travel from one point to another within the event venue, since these types of venues can be very large or divided into different locations, and users often have to cover long distances throughout the day to do their work.

[0012] The essential objective of the present invention is, therefore, to provide a practical, easy and quick means to install and transport to any desired point, to have a station for storing and recharging personal mobility vehicles, such as bicycles, scooters or electric motorcycles, such that they can be rented or parked by the users themselves, and recharged while they are at said station through energy supply means that are preferably autonomous and derived from renewable energy. Furthermore, an additional objective of the invention is also to provide means to allow maintenance of the vehicles, by including a workshop space with suitable tools for this purpose, as well as other additional services.

[0013] On the other hand, and as a reference to the current state of the art, it should be noted that, at least on the part of the applicant, there is no knowledge of the existence of any other transportable station for storage and recharging of personal mobility vehicles that has technical, structural and constitutive characteristics equal to or similar to those claimed here.

[0014] EXPLANATION OF THE INVENTION

[0015] The transportable station for storing and recharging personal mobility vehicles that the invention proposes is configured as an ideal solution to achieve the objectives previously indicated, with the characterizing details that make it possible and that distinguish it being conveniently included in the final claims that accompany this description.

[0016] Specifically, what the invention proposes, as previously indicated, is a station for the storage and recharging of urban personal mobility vehicles, particularly bicycles, scooters or electric motorcycles, which is designed as a prefabricated and transportable element, allowing for easy and rapid installation and which is also energetically autonomous to provide the electrical energy necessary for said discharge, allowing it to be placed anywhere.

[0017] To this end, and more specifically, the transportable station object of the invention is configured, essentially, from a prefabricated container such that it is provided internally with a first storage area, suitable for accommodating a plurality of personal mobility vehicles, in which it includes means for fixing each of such vehicles, as well as electricity supply means intended to power the urban mobility vehicles, said container being formed by side walls, a base and an upper roof, which define a standardized parallelepiped structure of those used for the storage and transfer of goods, for example in trucks, and where at least the side walls of one of the long sides of said structure consist of opening panels, such that, once the station is installed, when opened they give access to the interior and, in the closed position, prevent said access.

[0018] In any case, preferably, the electricity supply means provided in the container to power the personal mobility vehicles comprise one or more batteries connected to an autonomous power source, preferably renewable energy, specifically through a plurality of solar panels incorporated into the roof of the container. However, optionally, the inclusion of a connection to an external power grid is also contemplated to provide said energy as an alternative means, thus allowing the vehicles to be constantly recharged under any circumstances.

[0019] Preferably, the container also comprises a partition panel designed to separate the first storage area containing the personal mobility vehicles from a second area intended for use as a maintenance workshop, for which it is provided with multiple accessories for the repair and maintenance of the personal mobility vehicles.

[0020] Preferably, the aforementioned multiple accessories may include a wide variety of mechanical tools, such as those commonly used for repairing bicycles, scooters, or motorcycles, spare parts for bicycle parts, as well as furniture items to facilitate the user's work when using said tools.

[0021] Preferably, the furniture provided in said workshop area includes at least one retractable table and chair.

[0022] Additionally, in the second maintenance workshop area of ​​the transportable station container, one or more lockers may be provided to contain accessories for vehicle users, such as helmets, water bottles, mobile phone holders or others, which may be the property of the users or intended for rental together with the vehicles, in which case, optionally, said lockers will be equipped with a security lock, for example by means of a code, and allow their opening only after the rental has been contracted.

[0023] Furthermore, the side walls of the container are preferably covered externally with wooden planks or slats that have been previously thermally treated, thus avoiding the application of chemicals.

[0024] Additionally, the container may include a toilet area inside, separated by a second partition panel, in order to provide users and / or the station's operating staff with at least one toilet and one sink. These will preferably have self-contained plumbing, although a conventional installation is not ruled out.

[0025] Thanks to these features, it is possible to have a station that provides storage and charging services for personal vehicles, especially bicycles, scooters, and electric motorcycles, anywhere desired or required without the need for prior construction, and is easy to transport and maintain during use.

[0026] It is also the object of the invention to provide a commercial enclosure that is easy to install and has a modern design.

[0027] Therefore, although in one embodiment, the opening side panels are panels that fold down vertically, for example by means of pneumatic or hydraulic cylinders, in an alternative embodiment, the opening side panels are horizontally deployable panels, such that, at least in the open position, they provide respective flat and expandable surfaces that can include, incorporated by means of any graphic technique, tourist information, advertising or corporate elements, adding value to mobility and to the image of the area, city or event in which the station is located.

[0028] DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS To complement the description being made and in order to help better understand the characteristics of the invention, a sheet of drawings is attached to this specification, as an integral part thereof, in which the following has been represented for illustrative and non-limiting purposes:

[0029] Figure 1 shows a schematic perspective view of a first example of the transportable station object of the invention, specifically an example where the container has vertically opening side panels, said side panels being represented in the open position; Figure 2 shows a perspective view of the example of the transportable station shown in Figure 1 , in this case from another point of view; Figure 3 shows a side elevational view of the example of the station shown in Figures 1 and 2; Figure 4 shows a perspective view of the transportable station of the invention, according to the example shown in the preceding figures, in this case represented in a completely closed position; Figure 5 shows a schematic elevational view of an interior panel of the station container located in the maintenance workshop area; and Figure 6.- Shows a perspective view of another example of the transportable station, according to the invention, in this case an example where the container comprises openable side panels that unfold horizontally, being represented in an open position.

[0030] PREFERRED EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION

[0031] In view of the aforementioned figures, and in accordance with the adopted numbering, one can observe in them non-limiting embodiment examples of the transportable station for storage and recharging of personal mobility vehicles of the invention, which comprises what is described in detail below, taking into account that the terms upper, lower, up, down and similar used in the description and claims are for descriptive purposes and not necessarily to describe relative positions.

[0032] Thus, as can be seen in said figures, the transportable station of the invention, applicable for storage and recharging of personal mobility vehicles, such as electric bicycles (100) or electric scooters or electric motorcycles (not shown), essentially comprises a container (1) prefabricated in such a way that it defines an interior compartment provided with a first storage area (10) for multiple personal mobility vehicles that includes means for fixing each of such vehicles, means for supplying electricity, preferably in the form of rechargeable batteries (not shown) and an electrical power supply therefor, intended to power electric bicycles (100), electric scooters or electric motorcycles incorporated into said fixing means, the container (1) being formed by side walls,a base and an upper roof that define a rectangular parallelepiped structure in which openable panels (3) are included to provide access to its interior.

[0033] In this embodiment, the means for fixing the personal mobility vehicles comprise an anchoring structure, generally indicated by reference (2), which allows the bicycles or electric vehicles (100) to be placed in two rows facing each other and in a vertical position, so that the interior cabin is optimized.

[0034] In any case, the container (1) is of standardized dimensions to be able to be transported like any conventional freight container, for which, preferably, it has dimensions, in the closed position, of 12 meters in length, 2.90 meters in height and a width of 2.50 meters. In figure 4 it can be seen how, the container (1) of the station has the constitution of a conventional transport container when it is in a closed condition, which facilitates its transport from the point of manufacture to its location, as well as subsequent movements as many times as necessary. Preferably, the side walls of at least one of the larger sides of the container (1) have open panels (3).

[0035] In one embodiment option, as shown in figures 1 to 3, the opening panels (3) are panels that fold vertically and, preferably, are provided on the two larger side walls opposite each other of the container (1), allowing access to the first interior storage area (10) from both sides of the container.

[0036] Preferably, said panels (3) that can be opened by vertical folding are formed by a metal frame (13) to which a plurality of wooden slats are fixed, each of the opening panels (3) having tilting means, which preferably consist of pneumatic and / or hydraulic cylinders (11) that are fixed to the metal frame at one end and are fixed to a point on the side wall at the opposite end. When they are in the open position, the vertically folding opening panels (3) define additional roofing and a shaded area in the area located in front of the access to the container (1).

[0037] However, in an alternative embodiment, as shown in Figure 6, the folding panels (3) are horizontally deployable panels that are provided only on one of the larger sides. Furthermore, preferably, said folding folding panels (3) have, on one or both sides, flat surfaces (14) suitable for incorporating graphic elements. Furthermore, preferably, in this embodiment with folding panels (3) in the form of horizontally deployable panels, the container (1) may include a retractable awning (15) housed under the roof thereof to provide shade in the access area thereto.

[0038] In any case, preferably, the upper roof of the container (1) includes a plurality of solar panels (4) (in this embodiment there are 12 solar panels) provided as a source of electrical power to provide electrical energy to the electricity supply means. In addition, optionally, the container (1) also comprises a connection point (16) to an external power outlet, represented in the example of Figure 6, as an alternative or additional source of electrical power to provide electrical energy to the electricity supply means of the vehicles.For its part, as already indicated, preferably, the means of supplying electricity comprise one or more batteries (not shown) that, in the preferred embodiment, receive the energy from the solar panels (4) and that, through electrical connections and conventional recharging plugs (not shown), allow the recharging of electric bicycles (100) or electric scooters or electric motorcycles.

[0039] In any case, preferably, the container (1) comprises, in the interior compartment, a separating panel (5) designed to separate the first storage area (10) from a second area (20) intended as a maintenance workshop, which is provided with multiple accessories for the repair and maintenance of personal mobility vehicles.

[0040] As shown in Figure 5, the multiple accessories include a wide variety of mechanical tools (6), as well as furniture that facilitates the user or repairer in vehicle maintenance tasks.

[0041] Similarly, as can be seen in figure 5, the aforementioned furniture can include a table (7) and a retractable chair, thus optimizing the interior space.

[0042] Furthermore, in the second maintenance area (20) there is provided at least one locker (8) with dimensions suitable for storing the helmets (9) intended for the users, as well as other accessories, such as for example water bottles or mobile phone holders (not shown). Preferably, the locker (8) has a lock with a security closure (17).

[0043] Preferably, the container (1) also includes an internal toilet area (30) separated by a second separating panel, and accessed through an externally located door (12). This toilet area (30) may be provided with a bathroom, a sink with a tap, as well as its corresponding plumbing and drainage system, which is preferably of the autonomous type, but can also be of the conventional type, so that no further detail will be given in its description. Finally, it should be noted that, preferably, the side walls of the container (1) are externally covered with wooden planks or slats that have been previously thermally treated. Having sufficiently described the nature of the present invention, as well as the manner of putting it into practice, it is not considered necessary to make its explanation more extensive so that any expert in the field understands its scope and the advantages derived from it.

Claims

CLAIMS 1.- Transportable station for storage and recharging of personal mobility vehicles characterized by comprising a prefabricated container (1) that defines an interior compartment provided with a first storage area (10) for multiple personal mobility electric vehicles (100) that includes means for fixing each of such vehicles, means of supplying electricity for the personal mobility electric vehicles (100) incorporated in said fixing means, the container (1) being formed by side walls, a base and an upper roof that define a rectangular parallelepiped structure in which openable panels (3) are included to give access to its interior. 2.- Transportable station for storage and recharging of personal mobility vehicles, according to claim 1, characterized in that the means of supplying electricity, for the personal mobility electric vehicles (100) comprise one or more rechargeable batteries. 3.- Transportable station for storage and recharging of personal mobility vehicles, according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that it comprises a plurality of solar panels (4) on the upper roof of the container (1), as a source of electrical power to provide electrical energy to the electricity supply means. 4.- Transportable station for storage and recharging of personal mobility vehicles, according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that it comprises a connection point (16) to an external power outlet as a source of electrical power to provide electrical energy to the electricity supply means. 5.- Transportable station for storage and recharging of personal mobility vehicles, according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the means for fixing the personal mobility vehicles comprise an anchoring structure (2), which allows the electric personal mobility vehicles (100) to be placed in two rows facing each other and in a vertical position. 6.- Transportable station for storage and recharging of personal mobility vehicles, according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that at least one of the larger sides of the container (1) has the opening panels (3). 7.- Transportable station for storage and recharging of personal mobility vehicles, according to claim 6, characterized in that the opening panels (3) are panels that fold vertically. 8.- Transportable station for storage and recharging of personal mobility vehicles, according to claim 7, characterized in that the opening panels (3) by means of vertical folding are formed by a metal frame (13) to which a plurality of wooden slats are fixed, each of the opening panels (3) having tilting means, 9.- Transportable station for storage and recharging of personal mobility vehicles, according to claim 8, characterized in that the tilting means of the opening panels (3) consist of pneumatic and / or hydraulic cylinders (11) that are fixed to the metal frame at one end and are fixed at a point on the side wall at the opposite end. 10.- Transportable station for storage and recharging of personal mobility vehicles, according to claim 6, characterized in that the opening panels (3) are horizontally deployable panels. 11.- Transportable station for storage and recharging of personal mobility vehicles, according to claim 10, characterized in that the open panels (3) have, on one or both sides, flat surfaces (14) suitable for incorporating graphic elements. 12.- Transportable station for storage and recharging of personal mobility vehicles, any of claims 10 or 11, characterized in that the container (1) includes a retractable awning (15) housed under the roof thereof. 13.- Transportable station for storage and recharging of personal mobility vehicles, according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the container (1) comprises, in the interior compartment, a separating panel (5) intended to separate the first storage area (10) from a second area (20) intended as a maintenance workshop provided with multiple accessories for the repair and maintenance of personal mobility vehicles. 14.- Transportable station for storage and recharging of personal mobility vehicles, according to claim 13, characterized in that the multiple accessories comprise a wide variety of mechanical tools (6) and furniture. 15.- Transportable station for storage and recharging of personal mobility vehicles, according to claim 14, characterized in that the furniture comprises a table (7) and a retractable chair. 16.- Transportable station for storage and recharging of personal mobility vehicles, according to any of claims 13 to 15, characterized in that, in the second maintenance zone (20), at least one locker (8) is provided with dimensions suitable for storing helmets (9) or other accessories. 17.- Transportable station for storage and recharging of personal mobility vehicles, according to claim 16, characterized in that the locker (8) has a lock with a security closure (17). 18.- Transportable station for storage and recharging of personal mobility vehicles, according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the container (1) includes an internal toilet area (30) separated by a second separating panel. 19.- Transportable station for storage and recharging of personal mobility vehicles, according to claim 18, characterized in that the toilet area (13) has an externally located access door (12). 20.- Transportable station for storage and recharging of personal mobility vehicles, according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the side walls of the container (1) are covered externally with wooden planks or slats that have been previously thermally treated.

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