US Patent Issued to The Braun on Dec. 23 for "Convertible ramp system for a vehicle" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,319, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to The Braun Corp. (Winamac, Ind.).

"Convertible ramp system for a vehicle" was invented by Kenneth Edward Peterson (Winamac, Ind.), Robert E. Bettcher III (Winamac, Ind.) and Chad Michael Towels (Winamac, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method of converting a wheelchair ramp system from one of a manual mode or a power mode to the other of a manual mode or a power mode. The wheelchair ramp system includes a bimodal bracket having a common spindle aperture, a common ramp, a common ramp fold arm, and a common fold arm collar. The bimodal bracket supports either a spring for the manu...