US Patent Issued on May 26 for "Ripper bucket" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,831, issued on May 26.

"Ripper bucket" was invented by Kevin Lee Bounds (Nevada, Texas) and Justin Lee Gregory (Caddo Mills, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ripper bucket configured to perform both ripper and bucket operations may include a bucket portion including a bottom wall, a left sidewall, a right sidewall, a back wall, and an interior panel together forming a conventional bucket shape; at least one hydraulic system housed within a space between the interior panel and the back wall; and retractable ripper teeth operatively attached to the at least one hydraulic system, the retractable teeth configured to extend from and ...