MUMBAI, India, May 29 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202611051944 A) filed by Chitkara University, Rajpura, Punjab, on April 23, for 'sitting assistive device.'
Inventor(s) include Dr. Shaily Jain; Dr. Yogesh; Vaibhav Pandey; Gurleen Kaur; and Garima Gupta.
The application for the patent was published on May 29, under issue no. 22/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A sitting assistive device, comprising a seating unit having a seat 101 and a backrest 102 configured to accommodate a user, a motorized hinge 103 to adjust at least one of a backrest 102 recline angle and a seat 101 tilt angle, a headrest assembly comprising a curved support plate 106 coupled throu...