ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,777, issued on March 25, was assigned to Chester Brown Industries Pty Ltd (Port Kennedy, Australia).

"Post puller" was invented by Peter Chester (Wannanup, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is disclosed herein a post puller (10) for removing a fence post from the ground. The post puller (10) includes a scissor linkage (12) having a coupling end (14) and a post end (16) wherein the scissor linkage (12) is moveable between a first position and a second position. The post puller (10) further includes a coupling assembly (18) located at the coupling end (14) of the scissor linkage (12). The coupling assembly (18) is operati...