US Patent Issued to Caterpillar Paving Products on Oct. 21 for "Leg tube assembly and method of manufacturing leg tube assembly" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,788, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Caterpillar Paving Products Inc. (Brooklyn Park, Minn.).

"Leg tube assembly and method of manufacturing leg tube assembly" was invented by Daniel Jonathan Heim (Blaine, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A leg tube assembly for a work machine includes a first tube coupled with a frame of the work machine and a second tube coupled to the first tube and slidable relative to the first tube between an extended position and a retracted position. The first tube defines a first inner surface. The second tube includes a tube body defining a second inner surface, a second outer surface, a first end, a...