ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,007, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to ICL TECH Ltd. (Glasgow, Great Britain).

"Handrail assembly for a work machine" was invented by Nick Downie (Bearsden, Great Britain), Mark Mccracken (Lenzie, Great Britain) and Andrew Leaver (Paisley, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A handrail assembly for a work machine is provided. The handrail assembly comprises at least one generally horizontal rail member and a plurality of generally vertical tubular support members (4). Each support member (4) has a first end attached to the at least one rail member, and a second end which is open. A plurality of support plates (10) each have...