US Patent Issued on Sept. 1 for "Aircraft boarding vehicle and methods of use" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,801, issued on Sept. 1.

"Aircraft boarding vehicle and methods of use" was invented by Robert J. Henshaw (Newnan, Ga.) and Robert D. Wilkey (Doraville, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft boarding vehicle to transport passengers between airport gate area and to a front door or a rear door of an airplane positioned on a tarmac of an airport without impeding ground transportation and plane traffic having a passenger platform housing, a chassis or frame to support the passenger platform housing, one or more independent drive hubs affixed to the chassis, the hubs configured to drive in either direction and turn or rotate to en...