ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,989, issued on July 21, was assigned to 9257-5810 QUEBEC INC. (Plessisville, Canada).
"Earth-working bucket with integrated access structure attachment" was invented by Mathias Painchaud (Victoriaville, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly may have a bucket having a main body defining an inner cavity, at least one connector on an outer surface of the main body of the bucket. A user access structure has a framework releasably mounted to the bucket, and at least one complementary connector for engagement with the at least one connector on the bucket. A method for accessing an upper frame of a bucket is also provided."
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