ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,418, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to SOUCY INTERNATIONAL INC. (Drummondville, Canada).

"Deformable wheels and track systems comprising same" was invented by Jeremie Aubin-Marchand (St-Hugues, Canada), Etienne Leblanc (Becancour, Canada), Jonathan Frenette-Marcoux (Drummondville, Canada), Michael Charrette (St-Felix de Kingsey, Canada), Normand Roy (St-Hugues, Canada), Manuel Lemelin (Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada) and Vincent Morin (Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A deformable wheel is disclosed. The deformable wheel includes a hub, at least one resilient member connected to the hub, and a plurality of circumferen...