ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,617, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to MANITOU ITALIA S.R.L. (Castelfranco Emilia, Italy).
"Adjustable fork for heavy loads" was invented by Marco Iotti (Reggio Emilia, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adjustable fork that includes a main frame, a first and a second prong associated with the main frame, and a first slider and a second slider, associated with the main frame with the possibility of sliding along an adjustment direction (X) away from and towards each other for a predetermined adjustment stroke. The first prong is associated with the first slider with the possibility of sliding along the adjustment direction (X) ...