ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,049, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Young Ji Ko (Seoul, South Korea).
"Multi-functional transfer robot apparatus" was invented by Young Ji Ko (Seoul, South Korea), Jung Soo Ko (Seoul, South Korea) and Dae Yong Ko (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention may autonomously execute: a shift mode and a transfer mode in which an object can be shifted or moved without changing the lying state, and the object can be autonomously transferred or carried to certain places and is then returned to the original point; a toilet assistance mode in which a toilet is autonomously searched for to assist a user in using...