US Patent Issued to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force on March 25 for "Pallet trailer and method for loading and unloading cargo aircraft" (Alaska Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,146, issued on March 25, was assigned to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio).

"Pallet trailer and method for loading and unloading cargo aircraft" was invented by Logan Kurtz (Eagle River, Alaska) and Nichole Kurtz (Eagle River, Alaska).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A trailer for moving pallets on and off cargo aircraft is disclosed. The trailer includes a deck having a top surface that defines a top plane. The top of the deck has at least one pair of spaced apart forklift clearance channels therein that are disposed below the top plane of the deck and extend inward ...