ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,574, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to MOTION COMPOSITES INC. (Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Canada).
"Articulated motor support for wheelchair" was invented by Gabriel Feron (Mascouche, Canada), Alexandre Bleau (Lachenaie, Canada), Camille Guilbault (Ste-Melanie, Canada), Alec Stephani (Saint-Lambert, Canada), Mikael Prous (Outremont, Canada), Benjamin Palmer (Laval, Canada), Alain Chevigny (Saint-Sauveur, Canada) and Pier Alexandre Ethier (Rawdon, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motorization device for a wheelchair may have a positioning arm adapted to be connected to a frame of the wheelchair by at least one lockable joint. A ...