ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,263, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
"Unmanned fire hose loading system" was invented by Majed I. Ghamdi (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A loading system is disclosed comprising a frame mountable to a hose bed of a firetruck and including a track, a rail movable along the track, and a hose catch operatively coupled to the rail. The rail comprises a body and an arm pivotably attached to the body and transitionable between a gripping state, where the arm grippingly engages a firehose and thereby enables the hose catch to move the firehose within the frame, and a ...