ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,795, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Low & Go Inc. (Holmes Beach, Fla.).
"Convertible wheelchair comprising slide seat" was invented by George Turturiello (Honesdale, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wheelchair is provided that includes a motor-driven laterally extendable platform that can be extended and retracted to assist a user in getting onto and off of the wheelchair. A motor drive system is provided that can be actuated by an actuator. The actuator can be, for example, a wired remote controller or a wireless remote controller. Full actuation can be accomplished by a single triggering motion of the actuator, or the act...