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Segway Knock-offs
I nearly fell out of my chair when I saw this knockoff.
http://outdo.en.alibaba.com/product/...r/showimg.html Imitation is NOT a form of flattery Last edited by JohnBoucher : 11-01-2017 at 19:21. |
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...Wow.
I still like Kamen's Segway much more. *sigh* well, what can ya do? Evil imitators.. |
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I think that's the Q thingie, only in ugly purple. They showed these off at the 2004 CES, and they got the nick name Fakeway.
![]() It's not even like it's a good copy. I've seen pictures of this thing running, it's not pretty, it dosn't have the power to go up hills (much) and the interface is clumbsy. Last edited by Joe Matt : 25-10-2004 at 09:48. |
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They look cheap and I would be scared to ride one but I do think that they would be funny to see in real life. I followed a link from the site linked to above and found these:
http://www.easthardware.com/model/11...9110&m_id=3217 These look even cheaper with their crappy seats. Its funny to see how people try to make money off of junk. -Aaron |
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Tech tv did a challege in may of last year where they put one of these things against a segway. the outcome: the segway killed it, it can menover just as well but don;t have the power to climb hills or the range that the segway does
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they are not violating any patents, dean holds.
here they are http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-...FIELD2=&d=PG01 about halfway down the list are all the ones associated with segway but you can tell from the description |
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I keep seeing pop-up ads for these, and was wondering how long it would take to show up here.
I also think there may be prior art, as one of the mentors on 190 build the J-way, which looks like a ghetto version of this, for the Houston champtionship. I'll see if I can dig up some pictures. |
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Here are Dean's patents. Last edited by tkwetzel : 25-10-2004 at 14:29. |
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Segway (HT) at Sams Club I didn't want to start a Thread about this, but they are now selling Segways (HT) at Sams Club for $2,488. Segways are deffanatly getting more popular. As far as the look alikes i think they can all be atleast under 300 dollars... otherwise there isn't much point in them..
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Yeah the price is really dropping. Still not as down as i'd like it but then again it took a lot of research into making them so the price fits them (also their really cool).
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Wow... Sam's Club. 2488 At that price, I imagine they will move quite a few.
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Sigh... It may look cool but it doesn't compare to the real thing...
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