Reading Techmatic / Readi-Tower

Reading Techmatic was a company in Reading, Pennsylvania that had the original patent applicant for the "folding boom aerial water delivery apparatus for mobile fire fighting equipment." This patent application was filed June 9th, 1965 and granted Oct. 10th, 1967. The patent was assigned to the Snorkel Fire Equipment Company of St. Joseph, Missouri, and was US Patent Office No. US3346052A. The Boardman Company acquired Readi-Tower from Reading Techmatics in 1984 and added booms and telescopic platforms. The Readi-Tower was sold to Aerial Innovations Inc. in the early 1990s.
		
Category:Aerial devices
Category:Defunct American fire apparatus manufacturers