ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,201, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to NABORS DRILLING TECHNOLOGIES USA INC. (Houston).
"Crown deck lighting system" was invented by Robert De Gobbi (Tomball, Texas) and David B. Powell (Spring, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system that can include a crown deck with a handrail positioned along an outer perimeter, a support structure mounted to the crown deck, where the support structure can horizontal supports rigidly attached to vertical supports, the horizontal supports being supported at a vertical elevation above the crown deck by the vertical supports, which are welded to a top surface of the crown deck, with light fix...