ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,917, issued on July 14, was assigned to ANTHONY BEST DYNAMICS LTD. (England, Great Britain).

"Soft target movement platform" was invented by Michael James Sones (England, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A soft target movement platform 181 for carrying a soft target is provided. The platform comprises: a first drive motor 187; a first driven wheel 185 driveable by the first drive motor; a second drive motor 191; a second driven wheel 189 driveable by the second drive motor; and a steering assembly 101. The steering assembly comprises: a steering motor 47; and an undriven wheel 43 arranged to be actively turned about a ste...