ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,636, issued on April 7, was assigned to BOURGAULT MACHINES INC. (Saint Brieux, Canada).
"Back-drag bucket accessory" was invented by Gerard F. Bourgault (St. Brieux, Canada) and Kevin Punk (St. Brieux, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bucket for a loader includes a main body and a pair of swing plates pivotably coupled to the main body for defining an exterior collection space for gathering material from the ground surface when operating the bucket in a back-dragging mode. Each swing plate is pivotable relative to the main body between a first position and a second position. When in the first position, the swing plate lower ed...