ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,058, issued on June 16, was assigned to Toyota Mobility Foundation (Plano, Texas).

"Exercise for users with limb differences" was invented by William Chernicoff (Silver Spring, Md.), Christopher Eugene Cloud (Glenn Heights, Texas), Benjamin C. Johnston-Leamon (Allen, Texas) and Seth D. Orsborn (McKinney, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A brace can be used to make it easier for people with lower limb differences to engage in an active lifestyle. The brace can have a body that is sized to wrap around a portion of a human limb (e.g., a residual limb). The body can have an undulating shape. When the brace is wrapped around a human l...