US Patent Issued to Douglas Dynamics on Nov. 3 for "Containment plow" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,453, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Douglas Dynamics LLC (Milwaukee).

"Containment plow" was invented by Derek William Adam (Milwaukee), Benjamin Chadwick Altfillisch (Milwaukee), David N. Bloxdorf (Hubertus, Wis.), Christopher David Damon (Milwaukee), Christopher Aaron Horn (Menomonee Falls, Wis.) and Tyler David Gentz (Wauwatosa, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A containment plow adapted to be mounted to a vehicle comprises a moldboard frame, a moldboard mounted to the moldboard frame, a moldboard cutting edge mounted to a lower edge of the moldboard and comprising a plurality of cutting edge segments, and a moldboard extensi...