US Patent Issued to Medical Depot on Nov. 3 for "Transfer bench" (Kansas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,353, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Medical Depot Inc. (Port Washington, N.Y.).

"Transfer bench" was invented by Max Jefferies Younger (Roeland Park, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bathing or showering transfer bench includes a single beam supporting first and second side pedestals, and a carriage slidably supported on the single beam. A seat is rotationally supported on the carriage and configured to slide with the carriage along the single beam between the first and second side pedestals."

The patent was filed on April 11, 2025, under Application No. 19/176,414.

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