ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,623, issued on April 22, was assigned to LIPPERT COMPONENTS INC. (Elkhart, Ind.).
"Front header tube and pin box" was invented by Timothy D. Schultz (Mishawaka, Ind.) and Mohammed Taqiuddin (South Bend, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An upper deck frame assembly for a trailer chassis includes a flushed floor section defining a first floor height, and a header section, with a header, forward of the flushed floor section and defining a second floor height above the first floor height. A towing assembly may be secured to the header. A reduced size header section increases usable floor space, and the towing assembly is securable to t...