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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2021
Scooterbug, Inc., Orlando, FL (US);
Mark Christopher Schmidt, Windermere, FL (US);
Wesley Edward Swogger, Fairfax Station, VA (US);
Thomas Dwayne Taylor, Kissimmee, FL (US);
Michael Buchoff Buchoff, Winter Springs, FL (US);
Sowmya Balda, Orlando, FL (US);
Stephanie Cornelia Lutz, Belle Island, FL (US);
Marc Maxwell Barber, Deltona, FL (US);
Kevin George Miranda, Ocoee, FL (US);
SCOOTERBUG, INC., Orlando, FL (US);
Abstract
A wireless-networked stroller access control system includes a plurality of wireless-networked strollers, each having stroller framework for carrying a passenger, and having a set of wheels mounted on an axle. A device-level machine-readable code is displayed on a surface associated with the stroller system. A wheel brake assembly is arranged with the set of wheels and has a locked position, and an unlocked position. A manually-actuated control bar assembly is mounted on the stroller framework, arranged with respect to the wheel brake assembly, and has a locked state of operation and an unlocked state of operation. A wireless wheel-axle locking control module is arranged in wireless communication with a wireless communication infrastructure, and configured with the manually-actuated control bar assembly to control the state of operation of the manually-actuated control bar assembly and also the wheel brake assembly. When a web-enabled mobile phone is used to (i) scan the device-level machine-readable code displayed on the wireless-networked stroller, (ii) complete a stroller rental transaction over the wireless access control network, and (iii) obtain access control over the rented stroller system, then the wireless wheel-axle locking control module unlocks the wheel brake assembly, so that the set of wheels are allowed to rotate and the stroller framework is allowed to moved relative to the ground surface.