US Patent Issued to MANITOU BF on Oct. 27 for "Load-handling vehicle" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,043, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to MANITOU BF (Ancenis, France).

"Load-handling vehicle" was invented by David Leon (Ancenis, France) and Thierry Lehmann (Ancenis, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A load-handling vehicle including a chassis, a handling system including a lifting arm moveable between a high and a low position and a cab including a floor, a roof, a front face, an opposite rear face and two side faces, one of the side faces being provided with an opening for accessing the cab, and the other side face being adjoined by the lifting arm in the low position, the cab having a seat having at least one seat index poi...