US Patent Issued to Oshkosh on July 29 for "Litter lift system" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,099, issued on July 29, was assigned to Oshkosh Corp. (Oshkosh, Wis.).

"Litter lift system" was invented by Gregory D. Malcolm (Oshkosh, Wis.), Matthew B. Vetting (Oshkosh, Wis.) and Rodney M. Miller (Oshkosh, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A litter lift system includes a winch and a lifting strap. The winch includes a rotatable spool. The lifting strap has one end coupled to the rotatable spool and is movable due to rotation of the rotatable spool. The lifting strap has a first lifting segment and a second lifting segment positioned away from the end of the lifting strap coupled to the rotatable spool. The first lifting segment...