February 4, 2020 - Burleson, Texas, USA. CAD-Manufacturing Solutions, Inc. (AKA CMS) announces that a FLEXCRANE, INC. patent was issued today as US design patent number D874,783 S.

The state-of-the-art in lifting technology for hoists and lifting winches got a new design patent today in the USA. The FLEXCRANE light-weight interchangeable girder section features a unique design. No matter the position of the girder set or the girder section component, the end connection presents the same self-aligned connection geometry. The error-free mounting design concept now available through FLEXCRANE, INC.

CMS IntelliCAD CAD software tools played a major role on supporting the development of the FLEXCRANE girder design concept.

Conceptual 2D drafting & sketching, 2D section composed regions, section stretching, section mass-properties are a few of the CMS IntelliCAD CAD tools set that supported the development of the FLEXCRANE girder design. Additionally, patent drawings were created according to USPTO application rules using CMS IntelliCAD software. The ability to quickly edit design objects included in the patent application proved that the use of the CMS IntelliCAD was decisive in providing faster response times to patent examiner review requests.