ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,279, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to NATIONWIDE PLATFORMS Ltd. (Great Britain).
"Anti-entrapment device for scissor lifts" was invented by Kevin Jonathan Gale (Marlow, Great Britain), Leslie Darby (Maghull, Great Britain), Christopher Houlton (St. Helens, Great Britain) and Matthew Ross (Southampton, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides an anti-entrapment device for an aerial lift having a basket or cage. The anti-entrapment device comprises an elongate housing; two or more sensors housed within said elongate housing and a switch activation device coupled to the elongate housing. At least o...