ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,274, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Daifuku Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).
"Elevating device" was invented by Kouichirou Nakashima (Hinocho, Japan) and Akira Miyahara (Hinocho, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An elevating device includes: a mount section on which an article is placeable; a protruding-retreating mechanism supporting the mount section and configured to cause the mount section to protrude and retreat in a protruding-retreating direction extending in a horizontal direction; an elevating mechanism supporting the protruding-retreating mechanism and configured to raise and lower the protruding-retreating mechanism; and a...