US Patent Issued to MANITOU BF on Sept. 29 for "Handling machine comprising a manually operable control device" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,147, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to MANITOU BF (Ancenis, France).

"Handling machine comprising a manually operable control device" was invented by Thierry Lehmann (Ancenis, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A handling machine is disclosed that includes a telescopic lifting arm and a handling device pivotable between an emptying position and a digging position; a processing unit and a control device including a control body manually operable to generate a control signal for pivoting the arm by pivoting the control body about a first axis. A control member operable using a thumb of an operator is located on one side of the co...