ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,240,743, issued on March 4, was assigned to SAFE Structure Designs LLC (Las Vegas).

"Cargo loader" was invented by John Buscema (New Port Richey, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a cargo loader comprising a tractor assembly and a vertical adjustment assembly carried by the tractor assembly. The vertical adjustment assembly comprises a base, a deck platform linked to the base by a lifting mechanism. The lifting mechanism is configured to retract and extend in a vertical direction such that a height of the deck platform varies between a retracted height and an extended height. The vertical assembly furthe...