ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,710,129, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Pick-N-Pull Auto Dismantlers (Portland, Ore.).
"Vehicle stand" was invented by Michael Brinkley (El Dorado Hills, Calif.) and Peter Joseph Weiss (Lodi, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosed vehicle stands have a base, a top plate, and a mechanical stop on the top plate that hold a vehicle in a secure, suspended position above a surface, such as the ground or a floor. The top plate can be removable from the base. The base has two legs that extend away from the top plate. The top plate can be flat or contoured to compliment a shape of a vehicle resting upon it. The top plate can inc...