ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,008, issued on April 7.
"Convertible, all-terrain gear cart and towing system for such a gear cart" was invented by Bryce Gibson (Dedham, Mass.) and Kurt MacLaurin (Lincoln, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An all-terrain gear cart convertible between manual propulsion and trailering and a towing system for establishing a towing relationship between the cart and a towing vehicle. The towing system has a reverse hook structure with first and second towing hooks and a latch member for selectively retaining an engaging portion of a tow and control handle within the towing hooks. A retaining formation of the latch member can be selec...