ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 1 -- United States Patent no. 11,969,839, issued on April 30, was assigned to Swinerton Inc. (San Francisco).

"Mobile fastener machine platform" was invented by Eric Law (San Francisco), Tristen Magallanes (San Francisco) and Alex Wuebben (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for providing an efficient platform for installing screws can include a cart with wheels and a screw assembly mounted to the cart. The screw assembly can include a screwing device that rotates a drive shaft that engages a screw, a screw guide tube and a screw feeding tube connected to the screw guide tube. In another embodiment, an assembly is provided. The assembly may include a...