ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,441, issued on Feb. 17.
"Manual steering tool for a vehicle" was invented by Maclean Henry Arlington Wright (Belmont, Calif.), Fayed Jamal Ali (San Bruno, Calif.), Roberto Dlacic (Foster City, Calif.), Elisa Aurora Ravelo (San Francisco) and Nathan Stewart Stariha (San Gregorio, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A manual steering tool is configured for selective attachment to a wheel of a vehicle. The tool includes a hub, a coupler for securing the hub to the vehicle, and an elongate arm extending from the hub away from the vehicle. Application of force on elongate arm at a position away from the vehicle causes the wheel and an a...