ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,865, issued on May 13.

"Ropeway self-propelled transporting equipment" was invented by Yanwei Guo (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Ropeway self-propelled transporting equipment, comprising a transporting device (1) which runs along a ropeway rope, wherein the transporting device (1) comprises a sliding adjusting mechanism (2), a transmission mechanism (3) and a pull arm (4); and the sliding adjusting mechanism (2) and the transmission mechanism (3) are movably connected to the pull arm (4) respectively. The sliding adjusting mechanism (2) is arranged on the pull arm (4), and a first transmission component (21), a seco...