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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 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 GPS-tracked wireless-networked wheelchair system includes a wheelchair framework for carrying a passenger, and having a set of wheels adapted to rotate. A device-level machine-readable code is displayed on a surface associated with the wheelchair system. A brake assembly is arranged with the set of wheels and has a locked position, and an unlocked position. A wireless control module is operably connected to a wireless communication network. When a web-enabled mobile phone is used to (i) scan the device-level machine-readable code displayed on the wheelchair system, (ii) complete a wheelchair rental transaction over the wireless communication network, and (iii) obtain access control over the rented wheelchair system, then the wireless wheel locking control module unlocks the brake assembly, and the wheelchair framework is allowed to move relative to the ground surface.