ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,707, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to MODERN FABRICATION INC. (Shanty Bay, Canada).
"Material handler skip pan" was invented by Jason Mc Neil (St-Christophe-d'arthabaska, Canada), Andrew Guitar (Elmvale, Canada), Mark Vanderzyde (Barrie, Canada) and Mark Vandenberg (Oro-Medonte, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A skip pan for handling materials comprising a base of the skip pan for containing the materials. A portion of a contour thereof has walls and a remainder of the contour is a wall-less edge. A bridge holds the base and comprises, at the top, a connecting portion for connecting to an arm of a material handler. The connec...