US Patent Issued to Oshkosh on July 15 for "Body tie-down" (Wisconsin, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,718, issued on July 15, was assigned to Oshkosh Corp. (Oshkosh, Wis.).

"Body tie-down" was invented by Logan Gary (Oshkosh, Wis.), Derek Wente (Austin, Minn.), Jacob Wallin (Oshkosh, Wis.) and Jerrod Kappers (Oshkosh, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refuse vehicle includes a chassis having a chassis frame member, a refuse collection body having a body frame member, and a battery mounted to the chassis frame member, and a body tie-down assembly. The body tie-down assembly includes a chassis mounting member, a body mounting member, a spring assembly, and a retainer plate. The body mounting member has brackets that define a cavity...