ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,259, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Industry Sherpa Inc. (Woodland Hills, Calif.).
"Vertically stabilized platform" was invented by Eric L Bergez (Woodland Hills, Calif.) and Cordell Webb (Saugus, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the inventive subject matter are directed to vertically stabilized platforms. These platforms have a top portion that moves only along a single axis (e.g., vertically up and down), and a bottom portion that remains stationary relative to a reference frame. The top portion is coupled with the bottom portion by scissor linkages that are all configured to slide on one end to allow the to...