ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,283, issued on June 16, was assigned to NerTes GmbH Mobile Standertechnik (Handewitt, Germany).
"Spreading mechanism for an expandable apparatus as well as expandable apparatus" was invented by Jurgen Heinrich Benno Nerger (Handewitt, Germany) and Heiko Teske (Glucksburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spreading mechanism for an expandable apparatus and an expandable apparatus including a stanchion and an expandable supporting structure having several pairs of support arms extending apart in a star-shaped manner and support struts hinged to the support arms. The support arms are hinged to a first central fixture and the sup...