US Patent Issued to Kone on June 17 for "Apron device, elevator car and method for protecting from falling into elevator shaft" (Finnish Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,912, issued on June 17, was assigned to Kone Corp. (Helsinki).

"Apron device, elevator car and method for protecting from falling into elevator shaft" was invented by Tapani Talonen (Helsinki).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apron device, an elevator car and method of protecting falling into an elevator shaft. The apron device comprises a first protective element and a second protective element which are both located under a door sill of an elevator car. The elements form together a bending stiff sleeve structure which can move in relation to the elevator car. The first protective element can lift the second protective element being...