ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,195, issued on March 25, was assigned to Broda Enterprises Inc. (Kitchener, Canada).
"Transport wheelchair with pivot assist" was invented by Milanbhai Navadiya (Kitchener, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transport wheelchair comprises a frame with a chair base movably carried by a wheel base displaceable on a set of wheels. A seat, a backrest and a legrest are carried by the chair base of the frame. The set of wheels comprises a pair of fixed wheels to rotate around a laterally-oriented rotational axis and to roll longitudinally. A pivot wheel is coupled to the frame and oriented perpendicular to the pair of fixed wheels an...