ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,291, issued on June 30.
"Wheel tackle" was invented by Dmitri Alexandrovich Panfilov (Alexandria, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Wheel tackle apparatus made of wheels with bearings and plywood angles with shackles impaled on a bolt and locked with nuts to a threaded bracket riveted to a metal angle. It provides an adjustable platform to accommodate variable object sizes. It has eyelets and threaded metal shackles which can be used to tie the object. The shackles serve as a barrier to prevent sliding, shifting, or detachment of the object. It can be disassembled for compact storage. It reliably secures an object for transportation...