US Patent Issued to Maxon Industries on March 25 for "Swing arm liftgate" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,943, issued on March 25, was assigned to Maxon Industries Inc. (Santa Fe Springs, Calif.).

"Swing arm liftgate" was invented by Paul Bark (Carlsbad, Calif.), Karapet Ablabutyan (Glendale, Calif.) and Akop Gasparian (Pacoima, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, devices, and methods having a liftgate frame; a first bracket mount connected to a beam via one or more upper actuators and two or more upper linkages, the two or more upper linkages pivotally mounted between the first bracket mount and the liftgate frame, and where the first bracket mount is configured to move from a first stowed position under the liftgate frame t...