US Patent Issued to Decorative Concrete Images on July 21 for "Overcoat bucket support" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,533, issued on July 21, was assigned to Decorative Concrete Images Inc. (LeSeuer, Minn.).

"Overcoat bucket support" was invented by Andrew Wherley (Carver, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A concrete overcoat bucket support adapted for elevating a bucket above a concrete surface being resurfaced. The concrete overcoat bucket support is adapted for supporting a five-gallon bucket above an uncured overcoat. The concrete overcoat bucket support apparatus of the present invention includes spikes so that an overcoat bucket for resurfacing the concreate may be supported above an uncured area being resurfaced without leaving permanent m...