US Patent Issued to MANITOU BF on April 8 for "Working machine and assembly comprising such a machine" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,270,178, issued on April 8, was assigned to MANITOU BF (Ancenis, France).

"Working machine and assembly comprising such a machine" was invented by Sylvain Brevet (Ancenis, France) and Mathieu Danet (Ancenis, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A working machine (1) includes a mobile chassis (2) that can move on a surface of the ground, a lifting arm (3) mounted on the chassis (2) to pivot about a horizontal axis (4) for a raising and lowering movement of the arm (3), and an accessory coupler (5) that can be secured to the free end of the arm (3) by a pivot link (6) with axis parallel to the axis (4) for pivoting the arm (3) with respec...