ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,405, issued on Aug. 11.
"Mobile crane systems and methods" was invented by Paul Markelz (Cary, Ill.) and William Kenneth Quast (Cary, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for a mobile crane are provided. In particular, systems and methods are provided for a mobile crane that is designed to enable easy transportation on a railcar to and from a job site. The mobile crane facilitates quick changing between a transport configuration and a work configuration to enable increased productivity. The mobile crane is configured to be modular and thereby be configured to include various lifting and object manipulating features...