ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,820, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to JOST International Corp. (Grand Haven, Mich.).
"Trailer landing gear" was invented by Jay De Boer (Grand Haven, Mich.), Israel T. Hildebrandt (Nunica, Mich.) and Brian E. Oestreich (Grand Haven, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A trailer landing gear includes a lower leg telescopingly joined with an upper leg, the lower leg defining fastener recesses having respective fastener holes. Respective fasteners including heads nested in the fastener recesses can removably join a foot to the lower leg. The lower leg can be retractable into an interior of the upper leg, and due to the recesses, the fa...