ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,097, issued on March 25.

"Motorised scooter" was invented by Andrew John Dray (Ravenshead, Great Britain) and Jeremy Williman (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery powered electric scooter (100) having two front wheels, a deck (102) and tiller (104), and a dual mode steering system responsive to turn the wheels upon rotation of the tiller (104) about a vertical axis and/or upon rotation of the deck (102) about a horizontal axis."

The patent was filed on Dec. 9, 2020, under Application No. 17/784,540.

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