ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,196, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Hiab AB (Malmo, Sweden).

"Crane assembly" was invented by Mats Linden (Hudiksvall, Sweden) and Peter Gransmark (Hudiksvall, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Crane assembly including a crane base, a column, and a first actuator for rotating the column in relation to the crane base. A crane boom system includes a liftable and lowerable crane boom which is articulately connected to and movable in relation to the column by a second actuator. A support arrangement includes a stabilizer beam and two stabilizer legs, wherein the two stabilizer legs are arranged to be extended from the stabilizer ...