ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,028, issued on Aug. 11.
"Spring bail cylinder apparatus" was invented by Kelsey Leroy Hoffos (Laglace, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some implementations, the process may include securing, via an elevator, the tubular where the elevator is connected to a lifting mechanism by two or more spring bail cylinders in a retracted configuration. In addition, the process may include lifting the tubular via the elevator and converting the two or more spring bail cylinders to an extended configuration by the weight of the tubular. The process may include aligning the tubular with a member of the CRT at a top of the tubular, aligning ...