ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,330, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to City Transformer Ltd. (Kfar Netter, Israel).
"Foldable vehicle" was invented by Asaf Formoza (Tel Aviv, Israel), Udi Meridor (Giv'atayim, Israel), Oran Levintant (Gedera, Israel) and Ani Dwilanski (Tel Aviv, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A foldable vehicle may include a chassis comprising a static support, a dynamic chassis frame that includes at least two substantially opposite frame parts and a folding mechanism for decreasing or increasing a distance between the at least two substantially opposite frame parts across a lateral axis of the vehicle between a folded state and an unfolded s...