US Patent Issued to E-One on July 14 for "Fire truck with fire suppression system" (Wisconsin, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,647, issued on July 14, was assigned to E-One Inc. (Ocala, Fla.).

"Fire truck with fire suppression system" was invented by James Roger Lackore Jr. (Big Bend, Wis.) and Stephen B. Swayze (Hernando, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fire truck comprising a body, a wheel, and a fire suppression system supported by the body is disclosed. The fire suppression system includes a valving arrangement with a valve that is shiftable between a first position corresponding with a first configuration of the fire suppression system and a second position corresponding with a second configuration of the fire suppression system. In the first conf...