ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,825, issued on May 12, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Wheelchair fixing device and wheelchair fixing system" was invented by Shigeru Nakagawa (Okazaki, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wheelchair fixing device includes a support member that is provided on a base member and supports the drive mechanism, a slide shaft, a pair of lock arms that is provided on both sides of the base member, the lock arms being configured to turn toward a downward side and to pin down a fixing bar of the wheelchair due to the slide shaft moving in the backward direction, and being configured to turn toward the upward side and t...