ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,725, issued on March 25, was assigned to John Ryan Farms LLC (Montgomery, Ind.).

"Environment restricted front bucket loader with material handling" was invented by Robert J. Ryan (Cannelburg, Ind.) and John N. Ryan (Montgomery, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A front bucket loader apparatus for operating in low overhead space environments comprises a front bucket with a bottom plate with a front edge, an opposing back edge, a left edge and an opposing right edge. The front bucket further has a left side wall attached to the left side of the bottom plate and a right side wall attached to the right side of the bottom plate. Furth...