US Patent Issued to EXMARK MANUFACTURING on Nov. 25 for "Maintenance vehicle with a hopper assembly" (Nebraska, Kansas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,348, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to EXMARK MANUFACTURING COMPANY Inc. (Beatrice, Neb.).

"Maintenance vehicle with a hopper assembly" was invented by Jeffrey J. Moore (Beatrice, Neb.), Kyler J. Macy (Marysville, Kan.) and Rodney Lanik (Hickman, Neb.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The technology disclosed herein relates to a maintenance vehicle. The vehicle has a vehicle frame, drive wheels rotatably coupled to the vehicle frame and a prime mover coupled to the vehicle frame. The prime mover is in operative communication with the drive wheels. A hopper assembly is pivotably coupled to the vehicle frame. The hopper assembly has a ho...