ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,262, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD. (Tokyo).
"Forklift" was invented by Naoto Kawauchi (Tokyo), Tatsuya Sato (Tokyo), Tetsuhei Kobayashi (Tokyo), Megumu Tsuruta (Tokyo) and Kensuke Futahashi (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A forklift includes a vehicle including a pair of straddle legs extending forward from a lower part of a vehicle body and provided at an interval in a vehicle width direction, a cargo handling device including a mast provided between the pair of straddle legs and extending in an up-down direction, a lift bracket provided at the mast such that the lift bracket is capable of...