ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,829, issued on March 25.
"Apparatus to facilitate lifting and carrying wire handled buckets" was invented by Michael E Adams (Chicago).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus to facilitate lifting and carrying wire handled buckets has a lifting harness and a lifting tray. The lifting harness includes a grip and a connector. The connector connects the grip to the lifting tray. The grip is tubular and comfortable to grasp. The lifting tray is semi-circular in shape and has a notch on one end and is attached to the connector at the other end. In one embodiment, the connector is a cable and is attached with crimp sleeve to the grip a...