US Patent Issued to Intelligrated Headquarters on March 4 for "Lift gate apparatus" (Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,240,705, issued on March 4, was assigned to Intelligrated Headquarters LLC (Mason, Ohio).

"Lift gate apparatus" was invented by Christopher Quaglia (Baltimore) and Todd Green (Baltimore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lift gate apparatus includes a movable conveyor device and a bracket. The movable conveyor device is configured to transition between a conveying position and a non-conveying position. The bracket configured to bridge a gap between the movable conveyor device and a fixed conveyor device, wherein the bracket pivots and slides over the fixed conveyor device when the movable conveyor device is transitioned from the conveying ...