ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,731, issued on May 20, was assigned to The Heil Co. (Chattanooga, Tenn.).
"Grabber for a front loader refuse vehicle" was invented by Henry Michael Hund Jr. (Cedar Bluff, Ala.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A grabber assembly has a beam assembly with a bracket. A grabber gear assembly is coupled with the bracket. The grabber gear assembly has a pair of gear mechanisms coupled with the bracket. Each gear mechanism has a shaft and a pair of thrust bearings, one at each end of the shaft. A grabber arm mounting pad is coupled with each shaft. A gear section is coupled with each shaft. The gear sections of each shaft mesh with one another...