ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,047, issued on March 24.
"Apparatus for aerial tool configurations" was invented by Steven J Terrell (Hemphill, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A field-configurable apparatus for different aerial applications is provided. The field-configurable apparatus attaches to an aerial boom on a mobile carrier. The apparatus can perform rapid semi-precise cutting of vegetation. Additionally, the apparatus can perform more precise trimming of one or more areas (e.g., limbs) and optionally use a limb clamp to prevent cut limbs/vegetation from arbitrarily falling on objects below the cutting area. Still further, the apparatus can have a gra...