ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,811, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Jaeger-Unitek Sealing Solutions Inc. (LaPorte, Ind.).
"Integrated wear bar" was invented by Jason Cackley (South Bend, Ind.), Scott Koppen (Wanatah, Ind.), Leon Bogucki (Rolling Prairie, Ind.) and Makoto Sato (Michigan City, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The integrated wear bar comprises a base, an archway including an incline and decline, and ribs cooperatively formed to work as a ramp. The ribs act as reinforcing load bearing members when the slide out floor is advanced up and over the sub floor. The archway assists with the retraction and closing of the slide out room by elevating the sl...