ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,963, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to BLACK CAT WEAR PARTS LTD. (Edmonton, Canada).
"Material handling implement with wear component securement" was invented by John A. Ruvang (Bartonville, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fastening system can include a clamp configured to engage profiles formed in respective legs of a wear component, a wedge having a face configured to engage the clamp, and another face being configured to engage a surface of an opening formed through a lip, an externally threaded member rotatable by a shaft, and a biasing device that exerts an axially biasing force against the threaded member. A method can ...