ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,999, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Great Plains Manufacturing Inc. (Salina, Kan.).
"Multipurpose bucket" was invented by Erik Thorsell (Olathe, Kan.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multipurpopse bucket comprising a front section and a rear section rotatably coupled with the front section. As such, the bucket is configured to transition from a closed position to an open position. The bucket further comprises a single actuator configured to transition the bucket between the closed position and the open position. The actuator is centrally positioned with respect to a width of the bucket."
The patent was filed on Sept. 20, 2021, u...