US Patent Issued to QUA, UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION, UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AS REPRESENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS on May 26 for "Apparatus with transfer board" (New York, Colorado, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,635,835, issued on May 26, was assigned to QUA INC. (New Rochelle, N.Y.), UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION (Pittsburgh) and UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AS REPRESENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS (Washington).

"Apparatus with transfer board" was invented by Margaret Graham (New York), Paul Carlson (Skaneateles, N.Y.), Teresa Boynton (Loveland, Colo.), Alicia Koontz (Pittsburgh) and Garrett Grindle (Pittsburgh).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for transferring to a commode or other seat is provided. Through the use of a transfer board that is both easily moveable between a storage posi...