US Patent Issued to Kundel Industries on Nov. 4 for "End cap assembly for a trench box and method of utilization thereof" (Ohio Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,368, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Kundel Industries Inc. (Vienna, Ohio).

"End cap assembly for a trench box and method of utilization thereof" was invented by Robert Kundel Sr. (Cortland, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A trench box assembly including a trench box and an end cap assembly extending outwardly beyond an end of the trench box. The trench box has two metal plates and spreader bars extending between the plates. The end cap assembly includes a housing and an attachment mechanism. The housing has a first side wall, a second side wall, a top wall, and a back wall which bound and define an interior chamber of a size su...