US Patent Issued to Federal Signal on Dec. 9 for "Boom assembly for an excavation vehicle and method thereof" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,529, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Federal Signal Corp. (Downers Grove, Ill.).

"Boom assembly for an excavation vehicle and method thereof" was invented by Timothy G. Mayer (Metamora, Ill.) and Joseph L. Schmidt (Tonica, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A boom assembly for an excavation vehicle includes a bracket configured to couple to a turret that is rotatably mounted to a debris body. Three or more telescoping support members. A first support member of the three or more telescoping support members is pivotably coupled to the bracket, a second support member of the three or more telescoping support members supports a shoe at...