US Patent Issued to PERMOBIL on Sept. 9 for "Powered midwheel drive wheelchair with standing capability" (Swedish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,085, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to PERMOBIL AB (Timra, Sweden).

"Powered midwheel drive wheelchair with standing capability" was invented by Herbert Van De Wal (Alno, Sweden), Anton Danielsson (Timra, Sweden) and Ulrik Lofvander (Harnosand, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A powered midwheel drive wheelchair includes a chassis, a seating system attached to the chassis, the seating system configured to move between a seated position and a standing position, a pair of drive wheels, a pair of front swing arms pivotally connected to the chassis, and front support wheels attached to a respective one of the front swing arms, whe...