US Patent Issued to Vehicle Service Group Italy on April 22 for "Vehicle lift and process for lifting vehicles" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,995, issued on April 22, was assigned to Vehicle Service Group Italy S.r.l. (Ostellato, Italy).

"Vehicle lift and process for lifting vehicles" was invented by Mauro Marinelli (Bologna, Italy), Sandro Ramponi (Porotto, Italy), Gianluca Longhi (Zola Predosa, Italy) and Simone Bui (Zola Predosa, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle lift comprising a movement system configured to be installed in a pit in the ground, a platform engaged with the movement system and movable entering to and exiting from the pit, at least one arm carried by the platform and configured for contacting a vehicle to be lifted. The arm is movable between...