ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,591, issued on June 17, was assigned to StemRad Ltd. (Tel Aviv, Israel).
"Weight distribution exoskeleton" was invented by Gideon Waterman (Tel Aviv, Israel), Tamar Fleisher (Tel Aviv, Israel), Eyal Carmi (Ness Ziona, Israel), Idan Zilzer (Tel Aviv, Israel), Yoav Tikochinsky (Tel Aviv, Israel), Nir Lilach (Kfar Yehoshua, Israel) and Amit Segal (Afula, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A weight-distributing exoskeleton capable of supporting and/or control the distribution of at least part of the weight of a protective garment and/or face shield proximate the knee of the user. The exoskeleton may include a plurality of leg structur...