US Patent Issued to Transportation IP Holdings on June 2 for "Platform traversal system and method" (Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,578, issued on June 2, was assigned to Transportation IP Holdings LLC (Norwalk, Conn.).

"Platform traversal system and method" was invented by Michael VanderLinden (Knoxville, Iowa), Mark Bachman (Albia, Iowa) and Norman Wellings (Agency, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system is provided that includes a self-propelled platform that can traverse a first rail of a first vehicle and a first rail of a second vehicle, the first rail of the first vehicle and the first rail of the second vehicle separated in spaced relation. The self-propelled platform has a wheel assembly that can engage the first rail of the first vehicle and the fi...