ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,234,127, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to INVENTIO AG (Hergiswil, Switzerland).

"Elevator system" was invented by Claus-Dietmar Luther (Frankfurt-Bergen-Enkheim, Germany) and Stefan Weber (Niederwil, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A construction site elevator system temporarily bridges at least part of the distance between the top stop of a jump lift and the top work level on the construction site. The construction site elevator system includes a frame structure and an elevator within the frame structure, the frame structure being configured to be insertable into an elevator shaft and being mountable at different positions ...