US Patent Issued to ROOWALK MOBILITY on June 30 for "Mobility assistance device" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,512, issued on June 30, was assigned to ROOWALK MOBILITY GMBH (Berlin).

"Mobility assistance device" was invented by Benjamin Pardowitz (Berlin).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mobility assistance device includes a set of wheels connected to each other by a frame, a distal arm, a proximal arm and a first axis between the distal arm and the proximal arm wherein the distal and the proximal arms are pivotably arranged about the first axis and are operatively connected to the frame. A harness for receiving a user is provided on the proximal arm at a length L2 to the first axis. A counterweight is provided on a distal arm at a length L1 t...