US Patent Issued to The Braun on April 22 for "Wheelchair docking system and method thereof" (Indiana, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,996, issued on April 22, was assigned to The Braun Corp. (Winamac, Ind.).

"Wheelchair docking system and method thereof" was invented by Adam Wojdyla (Winamac, Ind.), Michael R. Pugh (Winamac, Ind.) and Carlos Badallo (Bloomfield, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wheelchair docking system including a frame having an upper portion and a lower portion, the upper portion being movable relative to the lower portion between a lowered position and a raised position. A coupler mechanism engages a wheelchair during a docking operation. The system also includes a first latching mechanism being movable between a retracted position and a l...