ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,292, issued on April 21, was assigned to Valeda Co. (Oakland Park, Fla.).
"Two point wheelchair securement system" was invented by John Goss (Tucson, Ariz.), Jean-Marc Girardin (Golden Beach, Fla.) and Joe Esteireiro (Cambridge, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The embodiments described and claimed herein are improved wheelchair passenger securement systems and stations. In particular, one embodiment described and claimed herein is a drop-in system comprising a barrier module and a wall-side module, which incorporate two separate restraint devices which are configured to secure a wheelchair at two separate attachment points and...