US Patent Issued to Valeda on Oct. 20 for "Restraint system" (British, Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,054, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Valeda Co. LLC (Oakland Park, Calif.).

"Restraint system" was invented by Patrick Girardin (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.), Paul Slevinsky (Brockville, Canada), Mark Easton (Chatham, Great Britain), Gareth Holloway (Birchington, Great Britain) and Robert Andrew Cumming (Crowley, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The embodiments described and claimed herein are a restraint system for securing a wheeled mobility device in a vehicle. In one embodiment, at least one restraint includes a hand-releasable connection to the vehicle. In other embodiments, the hand releasable connection is formed by a ...