ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,285, issued on April 14, was assigned to COMBILIFT (Gallinagh, Ireland).
"Tractor units for transporting elongated loads" was invented by Martin McVicar (County Monaghan, Ireland), Robert Moffett (Clontibret, Ireland), Josh Moffett (Clontibret, Ireland) and Mark Whyte (County Monaghan, Ireland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tractor unit for transporting an elongated load includes a body that is supported, driven and steered by a wheel set comprising at least three ground-engaging wheels. At least two of the wheels are steerable and can transform between an aligned mode and a carousel mode. In aligned mode, the wheels are steerable...