US Patent Issued to Oshkosh on July 8 for "Wheel step platform" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,130, issued on July 8, was assigned to Oshkosh Corp. (Oshkosh, Wis.).

"Wheel step platform" was invented by Kelby Aschenbrenner (Oshkosh, Wis.), Andrew Mittelstadt (Oshkosh, Wis.) and Dave Schmitz (Oshkosh, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A step platform includes a mounting bar, an arm, an inner portion, and a platform. The arm is coupled to the mounting bar and extends vertically from the mounting bar. The arm is coupled to the mounting bar by a first joint. The inner portion is coupled to the arm and extends horizontally from the arm. The inner portion is coupled to the arm by a second joint. The platform extends horizontally ab...