US Patent Issued to FMH Conveyors on March 24 for "Operator platform units for use with conveyors" (North Carolina, Virginia, Arkansas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,685, issued on March 24, was assigned to FMH Conveyors LLC (Jonesboro, Ark.).

"Operator platform units for use with conveyors" was invented by Barry Wayne Freeman (Norfolk, Va.), Andrew Allen Young (Bono, Ark.), Brian Richard Perkins (Rural Hall, N.C.) and Jeffrey Lynn Fielder (Jonesboro, Ark.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Exemplary operator platform units may include a mounting assembly configured to couple to a conveyor and a drive system assembly coupled to the mounting assembly. The drive system assembly may include a drive assembly and a drive rod configured to be driven by the drive assembly. A platform assembly is movably co...