ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,321, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Conveyor Dynamics Inc. (Bellingham, Wash.).

"Conveyor idlers replacement system" was invented by Bradley Lawson (Ferndale, Wash.), Andrew Jennings (Bellingham, Wash.) and Brandt Porter (Bellingham, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A conveyor idler replacement system in one example with an H-frame (support frame). The system including a base with a first vertical strut extending from the base, a second vertical strut extending substantially vertically from the base; each of the first vertical strut and second vertical strut comprising a first idler frame bracket on a first longitudinal side ...