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Article: Nebraska Inventors Develop Truck-Mounted Aerial Device Stand-Up Operator's Platform
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- December 23, 2006
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- Dean H. Smith of Eagle, Neb., and William D. Schneider of Malcolm, Neb., have developed a stand-up operator's platform for a truck-mounted aerial device.
According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "stand-up operator's platform for a truck-mounted aerial device wherein a turret is supported for rotation on the frame of the truck about a vertical axis. The stand-up operator's platform of this invention is secured to one side of the turret for rotation therewith which enables the operator, when standing on the platform of the stand-up operator's platform, to observe the operations of the aerial device regardless of the rotatable ...