US Patent Issued to NORDIC MINESTEEL TECHNOLOGIES on March 17 for "Tire handler having tire lay flat capability" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,671, issued on March 17, was assigned to NORDIC MINESTEEL TECHNOLOGIES INC. (North Bay, Canada).

"Tire handler having tire lay flat capability" was invented by Wayne Desormeau (Callander, Canada) and Guy Mathieu (North Bay, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tire handler for handling a tire of a vehicle, comprising: a frame; a tire gripping assembly having a tilt assembly and an arm assembly coupled thereto; the arm assembly having first and second vertical telescoping arms and first and second horizontal telescoping arms; the arm assembly having first and second upper arms and first and second lower arms; and, a lifting assemb...