ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,903, issued on May 13, was assigned to Hilti AG (Schaan, Liechtenstein).
"Overhead exoskeleton" was invented by Simon Kaesmann (Munich) and Lars Melzer (Hohenfurch, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exoskeleton for supporting an arm of a user includes a torso attachment device for releasably connecting the exoskeleton to a torso of the user, a bracket which is connectable to the torso attachment device, a lifting rod which is connectable to the torso attachment device via the bracket and which is reversibly movable in a first direction and a second direction relative to the bracket, a cantilever for supporting the arm of the ...