ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,143, issued on April 14.
"Skid-steer arm device and system" was invented by Thomas V. Roden (Port Washington, Wis.) and Aaron T. Roden (Port Washington, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention disclosed herein pertains to one or more rotatable arm elements that are attached to a skid-steer vehicle. Said skid-steer vehicle comprises a material loading and transfer device that requires one or more arms for lifting heavy material. Each of said arm elements comprises a Z-shaped feature that does not obstruct the doorway opening of said skid-steer vehicle when it is in a lowered and at rest position. When each of said arm eleme...