ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,047, issued on May 13.
"Conveyor boom assembly having reversing distal section" was invented by Walter Bynum (Palm City, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A conveyor boom assembly includes a main boom section and a distal boom section that is coupled to the distal end of the main boom section. Both the main boom section and distal boom sections have conveyor belts to move material along the respective boom section. The distal boom section is moveable in a direction to extend forward of the main boom section, and it can also be moved to retract under the main boom section. Further, the conveyor belt of the distal boom section can be...