US Patent Issued to Safe Rack on Nov. 4 for "Gangway having self-raising assembly" (South Carolina, North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,760, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Safe Rack LLC (Andrews, S.C.).

"Gangway having self-raising assembly" was invented by John Rutledge Lawson (Chapin, S.C.), James Michael O'Keefe (Columbia, S.C.), Jeff W. Reichert (Pawleys Island, S.C.) and Jeffrey David Scott (Cornelius, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gangway comprises a fixed platform and a support structure connected to the fixed platform in a manner that allows the support structure to rotate with respect to the fixed platform between a raised stowed position and a lowered deployed position. A raising assembly is operative to rotate the support structure from the deplo...