ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,412, issued on March 3, was assigned to Oshkosh Corp. (Oshkosh, Wis.).
"Ladder assembly for a fire apparatus" was invented by Eric D. Betz (Clintonville, Wis.), Jennifer L. Bloemer (DePere, Wis.) and Jeffrey D. Aiken (Neenah, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ladder assembly for a fire apparatus includes a base rail, a hand rail, a first lacing member, a second lacing member, and a gusset. The first lacing member and the second lacing member extend between the base rail and the hand rail. Both the first lacing member and the second lacing member engage the base rail at an interface. Each of the first lacing member and the second ...