ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,245, issued on March 25, was assigned to Altec Industries Inc. (Birmingham, Ala.).
"Step system for elevating platform" was invented by Ryan J. McKinney (Parkville, Mo.), Brad Harju (St. Joseph, Mo.) and Kyle E. Hoffmann (Saint Joseph, Mo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A step for an elevating platform, the step including a top flange, a bottom flange, and a transition; the step configured to insert into a cutout in the platform sidewall. The bottom flange is configured to contact an outer surface of the platform sidewall when the top flange contacts an inner surface of the sidewall, thereby placing all of the contact areas between ...