US Patent Issued to OSHKOSH on May 27 for "Refuse body adapter" (Minnesota, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,006, issued on May 27, was assigned to OSHKOSH Corp. (Oshkosh, Wis.).

"Refuse body adapter" was invented by Leslie Schwartz (Owatonna, Minn.), Robert Ryan (Oshkosh, Wis.), Matthew Deinema (Oshkosh, Wis.), John Kellander (Oshkosh, Wis.), Emily Davis (Rochester, Minn.) and Rob Messina (Oshkosh, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refuse body adapter includes a sub-frame assembly, a sub-frame adapter, and a spacer. The sub-frame assembly is configured to be coupled to a cargo body. The sub-frame adapter is configured to be coupled to a chassis of a vehicle. The spacer is coupled to both the sub-frame assembly and the sub-frame adapter...