ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,580, issued on Sept. 9.
"Excavator boom extension" was invented by Chad Coppersmith (Ft. Pierce, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pin-on boom extension system for an excavator including a top bar, a bottom boom tube adapted to receive a free end of the excavator boom, the bottom tube including a first aperture aligned with a second aperture, a first securing pin adapted to extend through the first aperture and the second aperture, a first pivot bar secured to the bottom boom tube and to the top bar, the second pivot bar having the first end secured to the bottom boom tube and a second end secured to the top bar, a first adjustm...