ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,079, issued on June 10, was assigned to EPIROC INDUSTRIAL TOOLS AND ATTACHMENTS LLC (Milwaukie, Ore.).
"Indexable piercing tip for demolition shears" was invented by Karl Johnson (Duluth, Minn.), Clayton Sederberg (Duluth, Minn.), Shane Bubacz (Duluth, Minn.), Matthew George Mecklin (Two Harbors, Minn.) and Robert Laine Blettner (Two Harbors, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An indexable piercing tip mounts to a nose portion of one of the jaws of a heavy-duty demolition shears so as to enclose and protect top, bottom, front, and two opposing side surfaces of the nose portion during use of the shears. The piercing tip has a first ...