ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,083, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Flexible Steel Lacing Co. (Downers Grove, Ill.).
"Conveyor gap blocker" was invented by Mark Steven Pettinga (Grandville, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one aspect, a gap blocker having a body configured to be supported in a gap of a roller conveyor by upstream and downstream rollers. The body has an upper blocking portion with upper contact portions for slidingly contacting the upstream and downstream rollers above a narrowest portion of the gap. The body further includes a plurality of laterally spaced upstream leg portions connected to the upper blocking portion and a plurality of lat...