ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,091, issued on July 29.
"Multipurpose riding apparatus" was invented by Samara F. Jalala (Woodbridge, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multipurpose riding apparatus having a chair body pivotally attached to a chair base, a seat associated with the chair body, a pair of front wheels rotationally attached to the chair body, a back wheel rotationally attached to the chair base; a brake attached to the chair body and associated with the back wheel, such that selective actuation of the brake prevents the rotation of the back wheel; an orientation lock associated with the chair body and the chair base, wherein the orientation lock is c...