ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,482, issued on May 6, was assigned to EXOKINETICS INC. (West Chester, Pa.).
"Elevating walker chair and components" was invented by Garrett W. Brown (Philadelphia), Ryan Christopher Meers (West Chester, Pa.), Daniel Richard Lefebvre (Philadelphia) and Stephan Michael Lawson (Malvern, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A foldable, elevating walker chair is disclosed having a height adjustment mechanism and a height limiter. The elevating walker chair has a unique lifting mechanism that allows the chair to be readily raised and lowered without motors. The weight of the elevating walker chair may be optimized by use of innovative bracin...