US Patent Issued to TEXTRON INNOVATIONS on Aug. 25 for "Lightweight vehicle" (Georgia, South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,512, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC. (Providence, R.I.).

"Lightweight vehicle" was invented by Donny Lee Hammond Jr. (Augusta, Ga.), Sam Dean Smith (Martinez, Ga.), Trevor Douglas Roebuck (Evans, Ga.) and Landon Niles Ball (North Augusta, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lightweight vehicle includes a pair of rear wheel assemblies, a pair of front wheel assemblies, a chassis, a front suspension system coupling the pair of front wheel assemblies to the chassis, a rear suspension system coupling the pair of rear wheel assemblies to the chassis, a frontmost seat supported by the chassis where the frontmo...