US Patent Issued to University of Pittsburgh-Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education on May 12 for "Stair navigation assist system" (Pennsylvania, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,837, issued on May 12, was assigned to University of Pittsburgh-Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh).

"Stair navigation assist system" was invented by Alexandra Delazio (Pittsburgh), Alton E. James III (Pittsburgh), David M. Brienza (Allison Park, Pa.), Jonathan L Pearlman (Pittsburgh), Paulina M. Villacreces (Pittsburgh), MD Rayhan Afsar (Pittsburgh) and Todd Hargroder (San Antonio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for assisting a user with navigating a set of stairs includes a pulley system positioned adjacent to the stairs, the pulley system including a first pulley, a second pulley, and an elongated me...