US Patent Issued to LOADHOG on Oct. 27 for "Brake system with a foot pedal cavity" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,023, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to LOADHOG Ltd. (Great Britain).

"Brake system with a foot pedal cavity" was invented by Luke Davis (Sheffield, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the invention relate to a brake system (200), to wheeled manual handling equipment (100), and to a foot pedal subassembly (201). The brake system (200) comprises: a foot pedal (108) having a cavity (206); and a brake mechanism (202) connecting the foot pedal (108) to at least one wheel brake (300), wherein the brake mechanism (202) comprises a one-way driver (204) to enable push-to-engage and push-to-release actuation of the at ...