US Patent Issued to Altec Industries on July 22 for "Sidepack storage compartment and methods of making and using same" (Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,397, issued on July 22, was assigned to Altec Industries Inc. (Birmingham, Ala.).

"Sidepack storage compartment and methods of making and using same" was invented by Ryan J. McKinney (Parkville, Mo.), Austin Graham (Saint Joseph, Mo.) and Kyle E. Hoffmann (Saint Joseph, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly for utility truck bodies having metal and/or composite reinforcement(s) and/or foam reinforcements and/or honeycomb reinforcements and/or wood reinforcements encapsulated within a thermoformed thermoplastic, or thermoset or fiber-reinforced thermoset walking surface floor structure of the truck bed assembly or other compo...