ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,788, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to LAG Equipment (Trafford, Pa.).

"Demolition machine" was invented by Louis A. Grant Jr. (Murrysville, Pa.), Michael Jobe (Greensburg, Pa.) and John Davidson (Pittsburgh).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A demolition machine includes a deck having a front edge, a rear edge, a left side, and a right side, with the deck defining a central axis along a direction extending from the rear edge to the front edge and equally spaced from the left side and the right side of the deck, a drive assembly secured to the deck, with the drive assembly rotatable relative to the deck, an engine received by the deck and ...