Editing Electric unicycle (section)

===Early experimentation===
{{See also|Monowheel}}
A hand-power [[monowheel]] was patented in 1869 by Richard C. Hemming<ref>{{US patent|92528|Improvement in velocipede, 1869}}</ref> with a pedal-power unit patented in 1885.<ref>{{US patent|325548|US Patent 325,548}}</ref> Various motorized monowheels were developed and demonstrated during the 1930s without commercial success<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/2014/04/monowheels/|title=One-wheeled motorcycles: As cool as they are wildly dangerous|magazine=Wired|date=24 March 2014|last1=Bierend|first1=Doug}}</ref> and [[Charles F. Taylor|Charles F Taylor]] was granted a patent for a "vehicle having a single supporting and driving wheel" in 1964 after some 25 years of experimentation.<ref>{{US patent|3145797|US Patent 3,145,797}}</ref> In 1977 Charles Gabriel presented an electric unicycle that resembles the design of today's devices.<ref>{{US patent|4109741|US Patent 4,109,741}}</ref>