US Patent Issued to StairAssist Walker on July 7 for "Safety control for mobility device" (Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,002, issued on July 7, was assigned to StairAssist Walker Inc. (Scituate, Mass.).

"Safety control for mobility device" was invented by Joshua Sigsworth (Scituate, Mass.), Matthew Gingras (Middletown, Conn.), Eric Ankerud (Hollis, N.H.), Brian Morin (North Reading, Mass.), Dan Becker (Haverhill, Mass.), Mark Brodie (Hingham, Mass.), Leland Ray Adams (Woodbridge, Conn.), Joseph Paul (Thomaston, Conn.), Amy T. Potts (Westford, Mass.) and J. Derek Riemer (Westford, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mobility device configurable in a first walk configuration and a second stair-climb configuration, including a frame with movable front l...