ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,669, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to INVENTIO AG (Hergiswil, Switzerland).

"Elevator system with an installation bracket" was invented by Alessandro D'Apice (Ebikon, Switzerland) and Romeo Lo Jacono (Gravesano, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An elevator system has an installation bracket fixed in an aligned manner in a region of a door-side shaft wall of an elevator shaft, wherein guide rails for guiding an elevator car arranged in the elevator shaft are fixed on the installation bracket. The installation bracket is fixed exclusively by at least one floor fixing section, wherein the at least one floor fixing section is...