US Patent Issued to MPOWER MOBILITY on June 23 for "Vehicle access ramp" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,283, issued on June 23, was assigned to MPOWER MOBILITY INC (Tarzana, Calif.).

"Vehicle access ramp" was invented by Stanton David Saucier (Tarzana, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ramp assembly comprises a support defining each of a vertical axis and a horizontal axis, a ramp being coupled to the support and being configured to support an passenger thereon. An optional actuator mechanism may be coupled to at least one of the support, the ramp, a power source and a controller, the actuator mechanism configured, in a response to a control signal from the controller or in a response to a manual force, to rotate the ramp about t...