ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,900, issued on May 27.
"Tractor driven assisted mobility system, device and method" was invented by James Leroy King (Bella Vista, Ark.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system, device, and method for adapting a self-leveling tractor platform to provide powered mobility to a manual wheelchair. The system includes a universal adapter bracket which can be attached to a variety of wheelchairs and then coupled by a specialized latching mechanism to a self-leveling platform having multiple degrees of freedom controlled by the intuitive rotating and tilting of an attached control stick. The platform and control stick can be easily detached ...