US Patent Issued to Boart Longyear Manufacturing And Distribution on Dec. 9 for "Devices, systems, and methods for retrieving inner tubes" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,602, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Boart Longyear Manufacturing And Distribution Inc. (Salt Lake City).

"Devices, systems, and methods for retrieving inner tubes" was invented by Christof Kruse (Wenden, Germany), Thorsten Upmeier (Schlitz, Germany) and Shuan Niel Prince (Olpe, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices, systems, and methods for retrieving inner tubes following core sampling are disclosed. Exemplary systems include a drill rig having a drilling axis. The drill rig can have a mast having a longitudinal axis and opposed first and second ends, the first end of the mast being configured for positioning proximate a ...