ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,011, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Oshkosh Corp. (Oshkosh, Wis.).
"Automatic wheel grid" was invented by Bradley S. Kresge (Jefferson, Md.) and Todd Werner (Oshkosh, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wheel grid includes a crossbar configured to be coupled to a main boom of a wheel lift tow vehicle and a first L-arm rotatably coupled to the crossbar at a first pivot point. The first L-arm includes a first extension member and a first wheel brace member. The first wheel brace member is configured to engage a first tire of a towed vehicle when the first L-arm is in an engaged position. The wheel grid further includes a first cr...