US Patent Issued to VALMONT INDUSTRIES on June 3 for "System, method and apparatus for providing a work platform for use with an unmanned aerial vehicle" (Nebraska Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,932, issued on June 3, was assigned to VALMONT INDUSTRIES INC. (Omaha, Neb.).

"System, method and apparatus for providing a work platform for use with an unmanned aerial vehicle" was invented by Jacob Lahmann (Omaha, Neb.) and Angela R. Chamberlain (Gretna, Neb.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a system for use with UAVs to allow for mechanical activities at-height on elevated structures. According to a first preferred embodiment, the present invention includes multiple tool types which allow for a wide variety of mechanical activities to be performed. As discussed further herein, the present invention fur...