ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,446, issued on Aug. 12.
"Deployable auxiliary support for a wheeled apparatus supporting a person" was invented by Jaimie F. Borisoff (British Columbia, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An auxiliary support assembly for a wheeled apparatus, for example a wheelchair, includes a mounting arrangement for being fixed on the apparatus, an auxiliary support such as a wheel or ski, and a linkage arrangement supporting the auxiliary support to be movable relative to the apparatus between a deployed position supporting front wheels of the apparatus spaced above the ground and a stored position out of use with the front wheels on the grou...