US Patent Issued to Paladin Brands Group on June 2 for "Loader coupler with visual locking indicator" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,250, issued on June 2, was assigned to Paladin Brands Group Inc. (Delhi, Iowa).

"Loader coupler with visual locking indicator" was invented by Matthew G. Mecklin (Two Harbors, Minn.) and Nicholas D. Comyn (New Westminster, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coupler assembly having a hydraulic system configured to move locking pins between an extended position where the locking pins are received by lugs in an implement to secure the coupler assembly to the implement, and a retracted position wherein the locking pins are retracted from the lugs to allow the implement to be removed from the coupler assembly. The coupler assembly inc...