US Patent Issued to Frederick Jacobs on May 27 for "Powered chairs for public venues, assemblies for use in powered chairs, and components for use in assemblies for use in powered chairs" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,510, issued on May 27, was assigned to Frederick Jacobs (Holland, Mich.).

"Powered chairs for public venues, assemblies for use in powered chairs, and components for use in assemblies for use in powered chairs" was invented by Frederick Jacobs (Holland, Mich.), Matthew Jacobs (Holland, Mich.) and Terry Plumert (Grand Haven, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A remotely controlled powered chair may include a support frame, a seat pivotally mounted on the support frame, an rotary actuator mounted between the support frame and the seat to drive the seat to move relative to the support frame, a backrest pivotally mounted on the seat, a...