ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,953, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).
"Wheel chock mounting assembly" was invented by Nirmal Goldwin (Bangalore, India), Sriharsha Hebbani Nagaraja (Tasmania, Australia) and Robert Harding (Tasmania, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wheel chock mounting assembly includes a bracket and a stopper. The bracket has a retention member and is configured to be coupled to a surface of a machine. The bracket defines a receptacle to at least partially receive a wheel chock at a predefined location on the machine. The stopper has an engagement member. The stopper is configured to be mounted on the ...