ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,550,907, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Matteo Industrial Products LLC (Denver, N.C.).
"Hub converter" was invented by Michael Poston (Casar, N.C.), William K Wood (Mt. Ulla, N.C.), Ellis Clif Haislip (Laurel Hill, N.C.), Harry A. Batty III (Limestone, Tenn.) and Meir Toshav (Floral Park, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Hub adaptor to convert an existing hub (i.e., old fashioned finger plate assembly, a single plate assembly) which requires each individual finger to be pulled in physically by either pliers or finger pullers, to one compatible with a modern quick change finger system, or other two-plate systems."
The patent was f...