US Patent Issued to TRUSTIS on Feb. 24 for "Assembly for translational movement of wheelchair wheels for persons with motor disabilities" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,278, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to TRUSTIS (Sainte-Foy-les-Lyon, France).

"Assembly for translational movement of wheelchair wheels for persons with motor disabilities" was invented by Claude Bertrand (Arzay les Portes de Bonnevaux, France) and Jean Bernasconi (Paris).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Assembly or kit which is adaptable to an ordinary manually driven wheelchair, comprising one or two devices comprising a guide (1) provided with quick attachment means, a wheel slide (15) having a transverse bearing for a rear wheel which rotates between an advanced position and a retracted position, in which the rear wheel does not pr...