ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,539, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Perkins Manufacturing Co. (Bolingbrook, Ill.).
"Trunnion bar locker assembly" was invented by James Rimsa (Shorewood, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A trunnion bar locker assembly for a rear load refuse vehicle for use when dumping a refuse container having a trunnion bar, includes a pair of spaced apart locking assemblies, each locking assembly further including a base frame to be connected to the refuse vehicle, a trunnion bar receiver connected to the base frame, a locker door connected to the base frame and having an open position wherein the trunnion bar receiver removably receives an...