ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,674, issued on April 8, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Mobile support structure for bulk material containers" was invented by Bryan C. Lucas (Duncan, Okla.), Calvin Lynn Stegemoeller (Duncan, Okla.), Austin Carl Schaffner (Duncan, Okla.), Wesley John Warren (Duncan, Okla.), Bryan John Lewis (Duncan, Okla.), Tori H. Miller (Duncan, Okla.), Thomas Wayne Hawkins (Duncan, Okla.) and Glenn Ray Fowler (Duncan, Okla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for efficiently managing bulk material are provided. The disclosure is directed to a portable support structure used to receive one or more portab...