ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,240,277, issued on March 4, was assigned to Gallagher Corp. (Gurnee, Israel).
"Polyurethane gauge wheel tire" was invented by Richard Gallagher (Lake Bluff, Ill.) and Shaun Gosselin (Fox Lake, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disclosed example embodiment of a gauge wheel tire includes a first polyurethane sidewall portion, a second polyurethane sidewall portion, a polyurethane ground-engaging portion, and a polyurethane axial support portion. The first polyurethane sidewall portion is spaced apart from the second polyurethane sidewall portion, and the polyurethane ground-engaging portion extends from the first polyurethane sidewall ...