ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,549, issued on July 22, was assigned to Flexible Steel Lacing Co. (Downers Grove, Ill.).
"Conveyor transfer guards" was invented by Andrew Drummond (Grand Rapids, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one aspect of the present disclosure, a transfer guard member is provided for a transfer guard system. The transfer guard member has a unitary, one-piece body configured to connect to an elongate mounting member, an upper surface of the body, and an array of protrusions to support an object. The array of protrusions includes columns of protrusions each comprising a plurality of the protrusions aligned in a first direction. The array o...