ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,214, issued on May 27, was assigned to LIEBHERR-WERK BIBERACH GMBH (Biberach an der Riss, Germany).

"Transport system for vertically transporting goods and persons on an above ground construction site" was invented by Thorsten Hesselbein (Mittelbiberach, Germany) and Tobias Scholz (Biberach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a transport system for vertically transporting goods and persons on an above-ground construction site, comprising a stewing tower crane (40, 300) and at least one construction elevator (10), wherein the stewing tower crane and the at least one construction elevator have shared anchor...