ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,692, issued on Oct. 6.
"Object-loading rack for pickup trucks" was invented by Richard Tulecki (Hollywood, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The object-loading rack for pickup trucks includes a pan, a pan track, a plurality of pan track mounts, a pair of hydraulic cylinders, a plurality of vessel carrier adapters, and a deployable crane. The pan may be moved to a loading position on the ground behind a pickup truck to place an object onto the pan or to remove the object from the pan. The pan may be moved to a transport position resting in the pan track above the pickup truck for transportation. The plurality of pan track mounts may ...