US Patent Issued to USNR on Oct. 20 for "Tilt hoists and lumber unstacking systems" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,767,465, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to USNR LLC (Woodland, Wash.).

"Tilt hoists and lumber unstacking systems" was invented by Darren Hove (Vernon, Canada), Larry Petryshen (Salmon Arm, Canada), Kenneth Neil Stokes (Enderby, Canada) and Thomas W. Congdon (Salmon Arm, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides embodiments of tilt hoists and lumber unstacking systems with a rotation table, a tier alignment system, or both. The rotation table may include a base and a tilt frame supported on the base. The tier alignment system may include an alignment beam and an actuator operable to raise and lower one end of...