ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,179, issued on June 23, was assigned to Vangura Kitchen Tops Inc. (North Huntingdon, Pa.).

"Motorized dolly for heavy loads and method for moving natural and engineered stone slabs" was invented by Edward P. Vangura (North Huntingdon, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motorized dolly for transporting at least one slab includes a base having a plurality of wheels rotatably connected to the base for moving the base along a ground surface and a drive system including at least one motor disposed in the base and coupled to at least one of the plurality of wheels configured to rotate the at least one wheel of the plurality of wheels for...