ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,951, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to POMA (Voreppe, France).
"Cornering structure and cableway installation comprising this structure" was invented by Simon Gavoty (Paris) and Stephane Coudurier (Saint Etienne de Crossey, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An overhead structure, for a cableway installation of the type having at least one hauling cable, includes an entrance and an exit which are coupled respectively to an upstream portion and to a downstream portion, each generally rectilinear, of a pathway of the cableway installation. The structure also includes an intermediate portion that is curved, at least in projection ...