ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,077, issued on April 21, was assigned to FORUM US INC. (Houston).

"Counterbalance systems and related methods for catwalk systems" was invented by Gerardo Guerra (Spring, Texas) and Jesse Goerlich (Tomball, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the disclosure relate to counterbalance systems for catwalk systems, and related methods. A counterbalance system pulls a trough of a catwalk system while actuating the catwalk system. A catwalk system includes a chassis, a main arm pivotably coupled to the chassis, a trough pivotably coupled to the chassis and having one or more rollers, a V-door ramp pivotably coupled to the chass...