US Patent Issued to Polaris Industries on April 29 for "Support assembly for a tool on a utility vehicle" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,062, issued on April 29, was assigned to Polaris Industries Inc. (Medina, Minn.).

"Support assembly for a tool on a utility vehicle" was invented by Andrew H. Kroll (Minneapolis), Christopher J. Juelich (St. Louis Park, Minn.) and Paul L. Mattson (Harris, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A support assembly configured for holding at least one tool includes a first mounting plate, a door pivotable relative to the mounting plate. The door includes a retention feature. The support assembly further includes a clamping assembly configured for clamping the door to the mounting plate."

The patent was filed on Jan. 16, 2024, under Applica...