US Patent Issued to Laing O'Rourke on July 8 for "Modular lift system for building cores" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,432, issued on July 8, was assigned to Laing O'Rourke PLC (Dartford, Great Britain).

"Modular lift system for building cores" was invented by Hugh Bowerman (Woking, Great Britain) and Karl Wilkinson (Hertford, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for the construction of a lift within a shaft. In a first aspect of the disclosed technology, there is provided a method for installing a modular lift within a shaft, comprising the steps of: inserting a frame of the lift within the shaft, the frame comprising one or more stabilisers; adapting the one or more stabilisers to cont...