US Patent Issued to Southco on March 25 for "Hinge for servicing pole-mounted equipment" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,769, issued on March 25, was assigned to Southco Inc. (Concordville, Pa.).

"Hinge for servicing pole-mounted equipment" was invented by Stuart Buckland (Concordville, Pa.) and Nicholas Bennett (Concordville, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A controlled motion hinge assembly having a base with a first actuator mount, a pivot arm with a second actuator mount, a hinge pivotally connecting the base to the pivot arm to be movable between an extended position and a retracted position, and an actuator shaft. The shaft has a first end, a second end, and a threaded body extending between the first and second ends. The first end is configu...