ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,176, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to DICA Marketing Co. (Urbandale, Iowa).
"Interlocking outrigger pad support system" was invented by Kris Koberg (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) and Dan Lewis (West Des Moines, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An interlocking outrigger pad support system is provided. The system includes a base pad assembly layer, a support layer, and an upper pad. The base pad assembly layer is formed of a plurality of base pads having alignment features that extend across at least a portion of the upper surface of the plurality of base pads. The support layer is placed on top of the base pad assembly layer and the suppor...