US Patent Issued to Proppant Express Solutions on June 23 for "Proppant dispensing system" (Colorado, Montana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,924, issued on June 23, was assigned to Proppant Express Solutions LLC (Denver).

"Proppant dispensing system" was invented by Cory Snyder (Denver), Scott Joseph D'Agostino (Bozeman, Mont.), Marc Kevin Fisher (Castle Rock, Colo.), Matthew Oehler (Denver), Kevin Smith (Denver), Brian Dorfman (Denver) and Mark John D'Agostino (Bozeman, Mont.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A proppant container facilitates the transportation of wet sand for use in a hydraulic fracturing operation. The container is mounted in a cradle that tips downward in arcuate motion for discharge or proppant through a top opening The tipping mechanism may be driven by...