ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,293, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to The Raymond Corp. (Greene, N.Y.).

"Lighting accessory mounted to a material handling vehicle having a selectively activated light source based on sensed data" was invented by Keith F. Dolezel (Franklin, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lighting accessory for a material handling vehicle may be provided. The lighting accessory may include a housing, a light source disposed within the housing, a window in the housing configured to allow light from the light source to illuminate a working area adjacent to the material handling vehicle, and a controller configured to selectively activate the li...