ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,243, issued on June 2, was assigned to 9407-4895 QUEBEC INC. (Plessisville, Canada).
"Width-adjustable scraper blade device" was invented by Jimmy Vigneault (Plessisville, Canada) and Patrick Faucher (Plessisville, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The scraper blade device is adjustable in width and can be used for cleaning a roadway surface. It includes a main transversal support and an elongated moldboard. The moldboard includes two partially overlapping elongated moldboard units. The scraper blade device also includes a plurality of blade segments that can be tilted with reference to one another to follow profile variations of ...