ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,449, issued on April 22, was assigned to GOMACO Corp. (Ida Grove, Iowa).

"Paving machine having hydraulic flow tubes" was invented by Jason D Wulf (Odebolt, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A paving machine includes a mold coupled to a telescopic frame member, by which the mold side-shifts relative to a main frame. A tight clearance between the paving machine and a surface being paved may be achieved by the ability to side-shift the mold. The paving machine may also include a number of vibrator motors. A flow to the vibrator motors may be controllable by a manifold controller. The manifold controller is located on an end of the tel...