ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,614, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Caterpillar SARL (Geneva).
"Tipper assembly" was invented by Julian Lowerson (Bourne, Great Britain) and Mark Stoker (Seaham, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tipper assembly comprises a chassis having a first chassis linkage point; a body pivotally attached to the chassis about a body pivot axis, the body being pivotable between a lowered position and a raised position; a tailgate moveable between a closed position in which the tailgate is arranged across an end opening of the body and an open position in which the tailgate is pivoted away from the end opening; and a first tailgate...