US Patent Issued to Able Innovations on Oct. 21 for "Devices and methods for transferring an object" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,082, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Able Innovations Inc. (Canada).

"Devices and methods for transferring an object" was invented by Ngoc Phuong Bui (Toronto), Philip Chang (York, Canada), Trevor Jordan Vaughan (Toronto), Alexandre Lemay (Quebec, Canada), Veronica Guthrie (Toronto) and Jayiesh Singh (Toronto).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transfer device includes a device body, and an articulated transfer platform. The articulated transfer platform include a distal platform segment and a plurality of intermediate platform segments. A distal locking mechanism is releasably securable to a locking mechanism of a lead intermediate ...