ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,291, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Textron Inc. (Providence, R.I.).

"Adjustable pedals" was invented by Ricky Veldee Kemp (Augusta, Ga.), Trevor Douglas Roebuck (Evans, Ga.) and Baily Guyton Wood (Dublin, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A golf cart includes a chassis, a floorboard coupled to the chassis, a seat positioned along the floorboard, a prime mover, a plurality of tractive elements where at least one of the plurality of tractive elements is driven by the prime mover, and a pedal assembly. The pedal assembly includes a housing coupled to the floorboard, a brake pedal coupled to the housing, and an accelerator pedal co...