ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,162, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Altec Industries Inc. (Birmingham, Ala.).
"Mounting system for elevating platform" was invented by Ryan J. McKinney (Parkville, Mo.), Kyle E. Hoffmann (Saint Joseph, Mo.) and Jace Hegg (Saint Joseph, Mo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Mounting plates for elevating platforms, including a mounting apparatus with interior and exterior reinforcement components elongated vertically. The interior reinforcement piece includes an embedded bolt that extends from the interior reinforcement piece, through a wall of the platform, and through the exterior reinforcement component. The interior and exterior...