US Patent Issued on July 14 for "Low friction skid bars for material handling equipment" (South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,707, issued on July 14.

"Low friction skid bars for material handling equipment" was invented by David Danner (Charleston, S.C.) and McReskar Lyons (Ridgeville, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A low friction construct attached to a top plate of forks of a material handling device. The low friction construct is positioned under the forks and inboard of downwardly extending sides of the forks. The low friction construct has an elongated low friction material that extends below the downwardly extending and spaced apart sides of the forks. The low friction material contacts a pallet as the pallet is engaged. The low friction material...