US Patent Issued to THE BOEING on Oct. 7 for "Work platforms and methods of use" (South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,858, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to THE BOEING COMPANY (Arlington, Va.).

"Work platforms and methods of use" was invented by William L. Serencsits (Hollywood, S.C.), Luis F. Velasquez (Charleston, S.C.) and Edward Ray Duncan (Goose Creek, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A work platform configured to support one or more workers in proximity to a workpiece. The work platform includes sliders that are aligned along the length of the workpiece. The sliders are laterally movable towards and away from the workpiece. The sliders are individually movable with a position of each of the sliders relative to the workpiece being a function ...