US Patent Issued to George Williamson on June 23 for "Locking system for release arm of fifth wheel" (Mississippi Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,206, issued on June 23, was assigned to George Williamson (Fairhope, Ala.).

"Locking system for release arm of fifth wheel" was invented by James C Smith (Carthage, Miss.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method and apparatus for locking the release arm of a conventional fifth wheel as is commonly used on highway truck-tractors. The locking system is designed to operate independently of and without interference with any release mechanism that is used on conventional fifth wheels in use at this time. The device includes a sliding shaft with a lock plate on its end which slides transversely across the path of movement of the release arm o...