ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,644, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to INVENTIO AG (Hergiswil, Switzerland).
"Transport unit and method for transporting a moving walkway" was invented by Gerhard Kleewein (Pressbaum, Austria), Dominik Praxmarer (Vienna) and Kurt Streibig (Rekawinkel, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transport unit for transporting a moving walkway includes moving walkway modules and holding frames. The moving walkway modules each have a supporting structure portion designed to support a guide rail portion, a forward pallet belt portion, and a return pallet belt portion. Each holding frame has horizontal struts spaced apart and parallel to o...