ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,082, issued on May 13, was assigned to IRONBOX S.R.L. (Spresiano, Italy).
"Transport system for an elevator or lift" was invented by Adriano Girotto (Spresiano, Italy), Luca Cesaretti (Spresiano, Italy) and Lorenzo Andrea Parrotta (Spresiano, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A translation and/or transportation system, such as an elevator, is described comprising a movable structure for transportation, e.g. a passenger cabin or a load-carrying platform, a guide and a skid integral with the movable structure and slidingly coupled to the guide along a sliding axis.The skid is configured to stably and slidingly couple the movable str...