US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on Aug. 26 for "Slidable post with airbag for wheelchair occupants" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,733, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Slidable post with airbag for wheelchair occupants" was invented by Mohammad Omar Faruque (Ann Arbor, Mich.), S. M. Iskander Farooq (Novi, Mich.) and Dean M. Jaradi (Macomb, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes a vehicle floor and a post supported by the vehicle floor. The post is translatable relative to the vehicle floor. The vehicle includes a support member mounted to the post. The support member is rotatable relative to the post. The vehicle includes an airbag supported by the support member."

The patent was filed on Sept...