US Patent Issued on May 19 for "Patient moving devices (edelgard rises) with lockable x-brace" (Rhode Island Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,629,304, issued on May 19.

"Patient moving devices (edelgard rises) with lockable x-brace" was invented by Theodore Morse (Little Compton, R.I.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Safe lifting devices configured for lifting of a fallen patient from a surface and for a transport of the patient are disclosed herein. The devices can include an X-brace between two larger wheels enabling the width of the devices to be changed. The devices comprise a class 1 lever including two larger wheels disposed about parallel at a fulcrum of the lever with each of the two larger wheels having shorter load leverage arms and longer effort leverage arms extending...