ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,306, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Castellan AG (Kreuztal, Germany).

"Device for salvaging a motor vehicle" was invented by Stefan Hans-Georg Castellan (Kreuztal, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device (1) for salvaging a motor vehicle involved in an accident, in particular a burning motor vehicle (12), from a danger zone has an extendable telescopic cylinder (2), at the tip of which at least one catch (5) is attached so that it can be folded in such a way that the motor vehicle (12) is carried along when the device (1) is pulled back."

The patent was filed on Dec. 22, 2021, under Application No. 18/271,065.

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