US Patent Issued to Kundel Industries on June 30 for "Method and apparatus for operating a crane" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,462, issued on June 30, was assigned to Kundel Industries Inc. (Vienna, Ohio).

"Method and apparatus for operating a crane" was invented by Robert Kundel Sr. (Cortland, Ohio), Richard A. Schley (Warren, Ohio) and Andrew A. Pirigyi (Warren, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A davit crane that includes a base adapted to operably engage with a ground surface. The davit crane also includes a drive assembly operably engaged with the base. The davit crane also includes an actuation assembly operably engaged with the drive assembly, wherein the actuation assembly is configured to move between a lowered position and a raised position via t...