ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,269, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to SITWORXX O.G. (Salzburg, Austria).
"Orthopedic standing and walking aid" was invented by Bernhard Tichy (Salzburg, Austria) and Peter Lammer (Neumarkt am Wallersee, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An orthopedic standing and walking aid includes a carriage which is displaceably mounted on a running rail, an approximately C-shaped frame suspended from the carriage by a suspension device and a saddle which is arranged on the C-shaped frame approximately in linear alignment below the suspension device. The orthopedic standing and walking aid can be distinguished by a spring element arranged in...