ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,589, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to ESCO GROUP LLC (Portland, Ore.).
"Handling system for ground-engaging wear parts secured to earth working equipment" was invented by David M. Paul (Magdalena, N.M.), Rodney K. Clarke (Cleveland, Australia), Christoper M. Carpenter (Hillsboro, Ore.), Noah D. Cowgill (Portland, Ore.), Taylor M. Finley (Lake Oswego, Ore.) and Ryan J. Carpenter (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A handling system for handling ground-engaging wear parts used on earth working equipment includes handling tools to remove and handle wear parts from equipment and/or to install new wear parts. The tools can in...