ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,463, issued on March 25, was assigned to Buckingham Manufacturing Co. Inc. (Binghamton, N.Y.).
"Bucket hook with tether hole" was invented by Kevin Truesdell (Binghamton, N.Y.) and James Pennefeather (Johnson City, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to an embodiment the bucket hook including a body formed by a first arm, a second arm, and a bucket receiving portion extending along a first longitudinal axis which joins the first and second arms, the first and second arms each contain a first elongated portion extending from respective ends of the bucket receiving portion in the same direction and at an angle to the first l...