US Patent Issued on Feb. 3 for "Apparatus for use in assisting a person with limited mobility in entering and exiting an aircraft" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,242, issued on Feb. 3.

"Apparatus for use in assisting a person with limited mobility in entering and exiting an aircraft" was invented by Donald Wright (Duncan, Canada) and Darren Aitchison (Duncan, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for use in boarding a person onto a seat of an aircraft or vehicle, or lowering a person into a pool, which includes a ramp, a top mount, a bottom mount, a carriage assembly, and a mechanism for moving the carriage assembly. The ramp has a first end and a second end. The top mount is removably attached to the first end and has a mounting panel and base support. The mounting panel is pivot...