ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,607, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Beltways Inc. (Cincinnati).
"Handrail systems for moving walkways" was invented by Edip Yuksel (Cincinnati), Matine Yuksel (Cincinnati), Yahya John Yuksel (Cincinnati) and Richard Hoyle (Clarkston, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A handrail system for a moving walkway. The handrail includes multiple handgrasp apparatuses for a moving walkway wherein each handgrasp apparatus includes a handgrasp. The handrail system also includes a propulsion system for propelling the handgrasp apparatuses on a passenger side and a return side of a loop track the handgrasp apparatuses travel around. The han...