US Patent Issued on May 26 for "Tail lift control systems and methods" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,991, issued on May 26.

"Tail lift control systems and methods" was invented by Stuart C. Salter (White Lake, Mich.), Brendan Diamond (Grosse Pointe, Mich.), Rob Anthony Richardson (Galleywood, Great Britain), Jon Holt (Howell, Mich.), Kyaw Kyaw Soe (Hintlesham, Great Britain) and Solomon Lin (Fort Wayne, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle having a tail lift is disclosed. The tail lift may be configured to move between a retracted position and an extended position. The tail lift may be disposed perpendicular to a vehicle cargo bed in the retracted position, and parallel to the vehicle cargo bed in the extended position. The ...