ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,804, issued on June 24.
"Stone removal system" was invented by John Grover (Vestal, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stone removal system contains a frame, a winch unit fixed to the frame and in one embodiment containing a belt spooled about a ratcheted reel, and, a spool tightening tool. The frame is adapted to be leveraged against dual tires and the belt is adapted to be trained and tightened about an object stuck between a dual tire configuration on a truck, tractor, bus, or other vehicle to thereby provide an improvement in removing objects stuck between the dual tires."
The patent was filed on Jan. 31, 2023, under Applicat...