US Patent Issued to Oshkosh on Feb. 3 for "Refuse vehicle with locking tailgate" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,495, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Oshkosh Corp. (Oshkosh, Wis.).

"Refuse vehicle with locking tailgate" was invented by Jerrod Kappers (Oshkosh, Wis.), Vince Schad (Oshkosh, Wis.), Jacob Solberg (Oshkosh, Wis.) and Troy Meyers (Oshkosh, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refuse vehicle includes a chassis, a body, a tailgate, a tailgate actuator, and a tailgate locking assembly. The body supports the chassis and defines a receptacle configured to store refuse therein. The tailgate is positioned at an end of the receptacle and is rotatably coupled to the body. The tailgate actuator coupled to the tailgate and is configured to mo...