ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,272, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Norled AS (Stavanger, Norway).
"System for lifting and moving heavy objects" was invented by Karolina Adolfsson (Stavanger, Norway), Erik Godoy (Nesbru, Norway), Otto Koch (Vedavagen, Norway), Ragnar Langaker (Stol, Norway), Svein Johnny Naley (Kvalavag, Norway) and Eirik Undheim (Undheim, Norway).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transport system is for transporting an object back and forth between a storage area and a target area. The transport system has a pedestal for being placed at one of the storage area and the target area. The transport system has a main boom pivotably connected to the...