US Patent Issued to JLG Industries on June 9 for "Work platform with protection against sustained involuntary operation" (Pennsylvania, Maryland, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,648, issued on June 9, was assigned to JLG Industries Inc. (McConnellsburg, Pa.).

"Work platform with protection against sustained involuntary operation" was invented by Ji Hong Hao (Greencastle, Pa.), Ignacy Puszkiewicz (Hagerstown, Md.), Jacob W. Snyder (Hastings, Pa.) and Alan Gillman (Whitmore Lake, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A platform assembly for a lift device includes a floor structure, a rail coupled to the floor structure and extending upward from the floor structure, a control panel coupled to the rail, a barrier having a first end coupled to the rail and a second end opposite the first end, and a sensor. The firs...