ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,086, issued on March 17, was assigned to Cargotec Engineering Ireland Ltd. (Dundalk Louth, Ireland).
"Truck mounted forklift" was invented by Sean Fanning (Dundalk Louth, Ireland), Quentin Fougere (Dundalk Louth, Ireland) and Thomas Lennon (Dundalk Louth, Ireland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention relates to a truck mounted forklift comprising a U-shaped chassis having a pair of side bars bridged by a rear crossbar. There is provided a driver's station, a motive power unit and a lifting mechanism on the chassis. There is further provided a skid steer drive mechanism comprising two driven front wheels and a dolly rear whee...