US Patent Issued to Autolift on July 15 for "Swimming pool lift with weather protection for permanent installation at an edge of a swimming pool" (Italian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,520, issued on July 15, was assigned to Autolift S.r.l. (Mantova, Italy).

"Swimming pool lift with weather protection for permanent installation at an edge of a swimming pool" was invented by Marco Gallingani (Reggio Emilia, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A swimming pool lift with weather protection for permanent installation at an edge of a swimming pool includes a seat for supporting a disabled person, a linkage assembly to move the seat between an entry level position and a water level position, and a driving device to move the linkage assembly. The linkage assembly is configured to be moved by the driving device between a f...