ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,378, issued on May 20.
"Securing apparatus for flatbed trailer" was invented by Hiromi Higo (Chilliwack, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A securing apparatus configured to provide automated tensioning and loosening of a strap being utilized to secure an object to a flatbed trailer. The present invention includes a first plate member that is movably mounted proximate the bottom surface of the flatbed trailer. The first plate member includes an aperture proximate the first end thereof. A cylinder bracket member is present on the bottom surface of the first plate member and is surroundably present to the aperture. A cylinder is re...