US Patent Issued to John D. Cullinan on Oct. 21 for "Apparatus and method for removal of vehicle hardtop" (American, Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,258, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to John D. Cullinan (Mason, Ohio).

"Apparatus and method for removal of vehicle hardtop" was invented by John D. Cullinan (Mason, Ohio) and Shaw Kaake (Kita-ku, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A removeable vehicle hardtop lift apparatus is described which includes a lower platform, an upper platform and a linear actuator there-between. The upper platform may have adjustable supports, The linear actuator may be configured to move the upper platform linearly. The linear actuator may include a drive mechanism with a hand crank that is operable to cause the linear actuator to raise and lower the ...