US Patent Issued to MSI Defense Solutions on March 31 for "High articulation towing receiver" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,621, issued on March 31, was assigned to MSI Defense Solutions LLC (Mooresville, N.C.).

"High articulation towing receiver" was invented by Raymond Poynor (Mooresville, N.C.) and Johnathon Alan Lewchuk (Charlotte, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A high articulation towing receiver includes a housing and a receiver piece. The housing has a hitch component on a front end and an opening on a back end. The receiver piece includes a hitch receiver portion on a first end and a rotational component on a second end. The rotational component of the receiver piece is positioned inside of the opening on the back end of the housing, where t...