MUMBAI, India, Aug. 1 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202421006522 A) filed by Ettrick Innovations Private Limited, Maharashtra, on Jan. 31, 2024, for 'an automated footrest support assembly for vehicles.'
Inventor(s) include Pramod Chunchuwar; and Sahana Mabian.
The application for the patent was published on Aug. 1, under issue no. 31/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "An automated footrest (102) support assembly (100) for vehicles is disclosed, the support assembly (100) provides controlled opening and closing of footrests (102) as per user requirement. A pair of footrests (102) is mounted on a lower chassis arm of a vehicle, equipped with an elongated barrier (104) and a plurality of grips (103) enhancing user safety. A push button (116) provides the user with manual control over the pair of footrest (102). The push button (116) is connected in series with a DC motor (114) for motorized operation. The DC motor (114) transmits the motion to a push pull control cable (112) for further transmitting the push or pull motion to a support plate (108). A foldable hinge joint (106) with a movable leaf (106a) and a fixed leaf (106b) is connected to the support plate (108). The movable leaf (106a) is attached to a bottom part of the footrest (102) for transmitting required motion to the footrest (102)."
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