ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,844, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Altec Industries Inc. (Birmingham, Ala.).
"Compact outrigger device" was invented by Nicholas Belluccia (Roanoke, Va.), James A. Downing (Salem, Va.), Bryan Plunkett (Roanoke, Va.), Matt Tolley (Salem, Va.) and Harold Davidson (Elizabethtown, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An outrigger assembly for a utility vehicle configured to provide stability to a utility vehicle. The outrigger assembly comprising: a first leg assembly, a second leg assembly, and a plurality of actuators for transitioning the outrigger between a plurality of configurations. The plurality of configurations configured to f...