US Patent Issued to Oshkosh on Nov. 25 for "Aerial ladder assembly" (Wisconsin Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,362, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Oshkosh Corp. (Oshkosh, Wis.).

"Aerial ladder assembly" was invented by Eric D. Betz (Clintonville, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fire apparatus includes a chassis, axles coupled to the chassis, a turntable rotatably coupled to the chassis, and an aerial ladder assembly pivotably coupled the turntable and including a ladder section. The ladder section includes a first base rail and a second base rail extending longitudinally, a plurality of ladder rungs extending between the first base rail and the second base rail, a top plate positioned above the first base rail, a series of lacing me...