US Patent Issued to Innovex Group on May 19 for "Lift for hitch-mounted cargo carrier" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,630,096, issued on May 19, was assigned to Innovex Group Ltd. (Edmonton, Canada).

"Lift for hitch-mounted cargo carrier" was invented by Sean Hannigan (Edmonton, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lift for a hitch mounted cargo carrier has a linear actuator having fixed and moveable portion. A drive extends and retracts the moveable portion relative to the fixed portion along an axis of the linear actuator. A hitch mount is secured relative to the fixed portion that is sized to be received by a hitch receiver of a vehicle such that the axis is vertically oriented and the moveable portion extends from a bottom end of the fixed portion...