ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,214,635, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to COPPERSTONE TECHNOLOGIES LTD. (Edmonton, Canada).

"All-terrain vehicle" was invented by Michael G. Lipsett (Edmonton, Canada), Nicolas A. Olmedo (Edmonton, Canada) and James D. Yuen (Edmonton, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An all-terrain rover is provided in which the arrangement of flanges of one or more cylinders of first and second cylinder systems allow for forward and backwards motion, as well as turning and sideways motion of the roller. An all-terrain rover is further provided in which the flanges of the first cylinder system are oriented opposite to an orientation of the flanges o...