US Patent Issued to FAST Global Solutions on July 21 for "Tow bar lift assist system and method" (Nebraska, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,241, issued on July 21, was assigned to FAST Global Solutions Inc. (Glenwood, Minn.).

"Tow bar lift assist system and method" was invented by Michael Venem (Nebraska City, Neb.), Taylor S. Stulen (Hawick, Minn.) and Garret G. Hoeper (Alexandria, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lift assist system for a tow bar. The system exerts a force exerted on the tow bar to generate an upward moment that counters a downward moment generated by the weight of the tow bar assembly. The greatest upward moments are generated from a lowered configuration through at least a horizontal configuration of the tow bar, thereby providing the greatest d...