ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,830, issued on May 26, was assigned to Eddy Pump Corp. (El Cajon, Calif.).
"Bi-directional sled" was invented by Daniel Wahlgren (Escondido, Calif.), Roberto Gonzalez (Chula Vista, Calif.) and Benjamin Charles Weinrib (Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bi-directional sled includes a support structure and a shroud assembly. The shroud assembly is supported to the support structure for pivotal movement about an axis extending through the support structure between a first orientation and a second orientation. The shroud assembly has a shroud with a first edge and a second edge opposite the first edge. With the supp...