ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,748, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to 9172-9863 Quebec Inc. (Terrebonne, Canada).
"Wheel chock handling unit and method" was invented by Albert Chartier (Chertsey, Canada), Catalin Dumitrascu (Laval, Canada), Daniel Grothe (Terrebonne, Canada), Gregory Palmer (Mascouche, Canada), Jean-Francois Lepage (Mascouche, Canada), Gaetan Jette (Mascouche, Canada) and Emanuel Lallemant (Saint-Colomban, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The wheel chock handling unit includes a base, an articulated cantilever arm assembly, a main spring assembly and a force-compensation mechanism. The arm assembly has a first end pivotally mounted to the ...