US Patent Issued to Early Rider on March 17 for "Vehicle with spherical wheels" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,936, issued on March 17, was assigned to Early Rider Ltd. (Lockerley, Great Britain).

"Vehicle with spherical wheels" was invented by Andrew Loveland (Henley On Thames, Great Britain), Jeffrey Knapman (Salisbury, Great Britain) and Robert Upton (Totnes, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes a frame, a front ground-engaging sphere, a rear ground-engaging sphere, and gripping portions for a rider to hold. The front sphere is rotatable about a first axis which is transverse and fixed relative to the frame and the rear sphere is rotatable about a plurality of axes. The vehicle also includes a support, which is ...