ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,963, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to GE Precision Healthcare LLC (Waukesha, Wis.).
"Systems and methods for a crate lifting mechanism" was invented by Andrew Schmidt (Hawthorn, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A crate lifting system can include two or more extendable supports configured to slide under a crate and a set of lifters attachable, each of the lifters to be attached to an end of the extendable supports, wherein each lifter is configured to raise the crate from a surface. The crate lifting system can also include a set of bolts that engage with the extendable supports through the set of lifters, wherein the set ...