US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on April 14 for "Wheelchair docking system for a vehicle" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,519, issued on April 14, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS (Detroit).

"Wheelchair docking system for a vehicle" was invented by Dontreal Thomas (Detroit), Mark Edward Montayne (Royal Oak, Mich.) and Jeff E. Nasca (Bloomfield Township, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wheelchair docking station for a wheelchair in a vehicle includes a first brace including a first brace arm, the first brace being mountable in the vehicle, and a second brace including a second brace arm, the second brace being mountable in the vehicle. The second brace is spaced from the first brace by a gap including a gap axis that is parallel to...