US Patent Issued to MAZDA MOTOR on Sept. 22 for "Wheelchair" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,902, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to MAZDA MOTOR Corp. (Hiroshima, Japan).

"Wheelchair" was invented by Takashi Iwase (Aki-gun, Japan) and Isao Toda (Aki-gun, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To improve body rigidity during unfolding of a foldable wheelchair, a wheelchair includes a support arm 40 that couples a left side frame and a right side frame and is folded in a central portion in a left-right direction; a footrest that couples a front end portion of the left side frame and a front end portion of the right side frame and is folded in a central portion in the left-right direction; and a rod that connects the central po...