ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,142, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Cleveland Reclaim Industries Inc. (Lorain, Ohio).
"Hose bridge extender and railroad crossing" was invented by Tom Norton (Bay Village, Ohio), Robert Mestdagh (Ackley, Iowa), Dennis R Hildebrandt Jr. (North Olmsted, Ohio) and Michael W Jackson (Wooster, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bridge piece that can be used as a hose bridge extender or a railroad crossing. An exemplary bridge piece has a body having an undercut proximate one side, which undercut is positioned near a track when used as part of a railroad crossing."
The patent was filed on Nov. 1, 2021, under Application No. 17/515,...