ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,884, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Ki Mobility LLC (Stevens Point, Wis.).
"Tiltable wheelchair" was invented by Richard E. Schneider (Russell Springs, Ky.), Alan Ludovici (Stevens Point, Wis.), Thomas J. Whelan (Stevens Point, Wis.) and Murray G. Slagerman (MB, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tiltable wheelchair comprises a tilt seat guide assembly supported in relation to a base frame and a first roller supported in relation to the tilt seat guide assembly for supporting a seat frame for movement in relation to the base frame. The first roller is movable along the tilt seat guide assembly in fore and aft directions to...