MUMBAI, India, Aug. 1 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517048991 A) filed by Flemmer, Rory Christian; and Flemmer, Claire Lorraine, Palmerston North, New Zealand, on May 21, for 'a device to counter the effect of path cross-slope on manual wheelchairs.'

Inventor(s) include Flemmer, Rory Christian; and Flemmer, Claire Lorraine.

The application for the patent was published on Aug. 1, under issue no. 31/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The invention relates to ameliorating the disadvantage of a manual wheelchair when it traverses a sidewalk or pavement where, typically, the path slopes towards the street in order to shed rainwater and the wheelchair casters te...