ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,088, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to AMP Performance LLC (Rochester, N.Y.).
"Personal lifting assembly" was invented by Kim L. Sherman (Pittsford, N.Y.) and Dean Sisson (Pittsford, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lifting assembly, including a top plate, a bottom plate, a first pivoting plate assembly including a first plate pivotably connected to the top plate and a second plate pivotably connected to the first plate and the bottom plate, a second pivoting plate assembly including a third plate pivotably connected to the top plate and a fourth plate pivotably connected to third plate and the bottom plate, and a first bladd...