ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,785, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Caterpillar SARL (Geneva).

"Body for a machine comprising a body cavity for receiving material" was invented by Mark Stoker (Durham, Great Britain) and Mark Richard Joyce (Durham, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a body for a machine. The body comprises a front wall at a front end of the body. First and second side walls extend from the front wall to a rear end of the body. The first and second side walls each comprising a top side rail. A base extends from the front wall to the rear end and between the first and second side walls. Thus the front wall...