ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,201, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Venture Products Inc. (Orrville, Ohio).

"Power unit with salt spreader and salt spreader for use therewith" was invented by Roscoe J. Lehman (Dalton, Ohio), Christopher A. Nolt (Dundee, Ohio) and Chad R. Badger (Fredericksburg, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Skid-steer type power unit engageable with an implement using an attachment assembly including an attachment frame and a hitch. An arcuate frame member is located forwardly of the attachment frame and is engaged therewith in such a way that the frame member pivots about a vertical axis located forwardly of the frame member and generall...