US Patent Issued to 2MT MINING PRODUCTS on July 28 for "Protection systems" (Australian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,687, issued on July 28, was assigned to 2MT MINING PRODUCTS PTY LTD (Queensland, Australia).

"Protection systems" was invented by Mahinda Palitha Senanayake (Queensland, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A protection system includes a mount configured for attachment to a wear panel, a wear pad, and a locking member. The mount and wear pad have complementary engagement structures configured to enable relative sliding movement between the mount and the wear pad from a release position to an engaged position. The mount and the wear pad each have an opening or recess therein adapted to receive the locking member, which prevents sl...