US Patent Issued to Franke Technology and Trademark on April 22 for "Carrier basket transporter with self-damping carrier basket pivot connection" (Polish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,959, issued on April 22, was assigned to Franke Technology and Trademark Ltd. (Hergiswil, Switzerland).

"Carrier basket transporter with self-damping carrier basket pivot connection" was invented by Ireneusz Czapp (Reda, Poland), Andrzej Tusk (Rotmanka, Poland) and Wojciech Lebkowski (Rumia, Poland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A self-damping carrier basket pivot connection for a carrier basket transporter system having cars configured to travel along a pathway, at least some of which have a carrier basket pivotally connected thereto. The pivot connection includes a support connection configured for attachment a car. The support conn...