ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,943, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to NEXION S.P.A. (Correggio, Italy).
"Supporting device and method for supporting" was invented by Tebaldo Granata (Treglio, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention relates to a supporting device, particularly for components of vehicles to be disassembled and/or assembled.The device comprises a wheeled stand (2) which can move over ground (A) and supports a central pedestal (4), and a plurality of arms (5), coupled with respective first ends (5a) to the pedestal (4).Each arm (5) supports a respective linear actuator (6) configured to lift a corresponding supporting pad (7) and to stop it...