ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,263,699, issued on April 1, was assigned to Fujian Secure Medical Technology Co. LTD (Fuzhou, China).

"Multi-pedal-controlled caster and method for using caster" was invented by Yebing Jie (Fuzhou, China) and Xiaolin Shen (Fuzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-pedal-controlled caster and a method for using the caster are provided. The multi-pedal-controlled caster includes a main body support, a connecting rod, an orientation mechanism, a braking mechanism, a reset mechanism, a first inner tooth member, a second inner tooth member, a pair of wheel members and three elastic members, where the main body support is relatively...