US Patent Issued to OSHKOSH on June 3 for "Stability system for a fire apparatus" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,643, issued on June 3, was assigned to OSHKOSH Corp. (Oshkosh, Wis.).

"Stability system for a fire apparatus" was invented by Eric D. Betz (Oshkosh, Wis.) and David W. Archer (Oshkosh, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes an outrigger assembly configured to be coupled to a chassis of the vehicle. The outrigger assembly includes a pair of outriggers. Each outrigger of the pair of outriggers includes an arm and a support foot. The arm is selectively extendable laterally outward at a fixed angle relative a horizontal."

The patent was filed on March 20, 2023, under Application No. 18/123,726.

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