US Patent Issued on Sept. 2 for "Excavator bucket locking and security device for efficient transport" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,404,651, issued on Sept. 2.

"Excavator bucket locking and security device for efficient transport" was invented by Jeff Shaposhnick (Vista, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An excavator bucket locking and security device that is engageable with a backfill blade of an excavator. The locking and security device has a connection device for connection to the excavator bucket. The connection device includes an upper pipe for engaging the bucket's upper receptacles. The connection device also has a lower pipe that is positionable next to the bucket's lower receptacles. An insertable pole is insertable through the lower pipe and through th...