ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,691, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to STI Holdings Inc. (Stoughton, Wis.).

"Aerodynamic trailer" was invented by Denys Bykovskyi (Madison, Wis.), Kenneth Roloff (Stoughton, Wis.) and Gary Lynn Fenton (Edgerton, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A trailer includes a cargo box having a forward end, a rearward end, and a flat floor extending between the forward end and the rearward end. A slider mechanism is coupled beneath the rearward end of the cargo box. A suspension assembly is movably coupled to the slider mechanism and configured to support the cargo box. The suspension assembly is movable along the slider mechanism between a...