US Patent Issued to NEWPARK MATS & INTEGRATED SERVICES on Feb. 4 for "Pins for mats having integrated wheels" (Texas, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,215,733, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to NEWPARK MATS & INTEGRATED SERVICES LLC (The Woodlands, Texas).

"Pins for mats having integrated wheels" was invented by Gaurav Agrawal (The Woodlands, Texas), Keith J. Murphy (Hartford, Conn.) and Jared B. Howenstine (Hartford, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Mat locking pins include a pin body and a wheel housed within the pin body, the wheel configured to be movable from a first position to a second position, wherein in the first position the wheel is housed within the pin body and in the second position at least a portion of the wheel extends from the pin body. Mat systems include such ma...