ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,863, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to University of Idaho (Moscow, Idaho).
"Load distribution system" was invented by Matthew Swenson (Moscow, Idaho), Ted Carton (Clarkston, Wash.), Robert Howell (Lewiston, Idaho), Thomas Howell (Lapwai, Idaho), Laurie Delenin (Hinaut, Belgium), Caitlin Swenson (Bremerton, Wash.), Robert H.R. Carne (Moscow, Idaho), Anson Lundstrom (Nampa, Idaho) and Kirk D. McKenzie (Hayden, Idaho).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure is directed to a load distribution system for vehicles and a method for mounting the load distribution system. More specifically, this disclosure is directed to a system comp...