US Patent Issued to Allen Engineering on Aug. 5 for "Bridge deck paver with enhanced hydraulic shifting" (Arkansas, Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,733, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Allen Engineering Corp. (Paragould, Ark.).

"Bridge deck paver with enhanced hydraulic shifting" was invented by Timmy D. Guinn (Paragould, Ark.) and Michael W. McKean (Arlington, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A concrete bridge deck finishing machine for bridge deck construction and repairs comprises an elongated, horizontally extending box frame in the general form of a parallelepiped, which is elevated above a deck or roadway to be finished by a plurality of vertically upright, adjustable jack stands that are propelled hydraulically to traverse roadway surfaces, travel rails or forms. A r...