ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,464, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to BAUER Maschinen GmbH (Schrobenhausen, Germany).
"Grab device and method for operating a grab device" was invented by Andreas Schuell (Gerolsbach, Germany), David Pfeiffer (Schrobenhausen, Germany) and Andreas Hugl (Burgheim, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a grab device with a carrier implement and a rope grab arranged thereon which has a grab frame which is held on the carrier implement via a holding rope, at least two grab shovels which are pivotably supported on a lower end of the grab frame between a closed position and an open position, and an actuating means ...