ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,572, issued on July 22, was assigned to HAULOTTE GROUP (Lorette, France).

"Elevating nacelle suitable for indoor and all-terrain outdoor use" was invented by Laurent Di Florio (Givors, France), Jean-Baptiste Doray (Chasse-sur-Rhone, France) and Christian Devaux (Saint-Etienne, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An all-terrain outdoor elevating nacelle comprising a mechanism for lifting a working platform, this mechanism being mounted on a chassis provided with a front bridge and a rear bridge that are provided with wheels. The motive power for moving the elevating nacelle on the ground is provided by a first electric motor and tha...