ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,753, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to One Pass Innovators LLC (Zeeland, Mich.).

"Offset box apparatus for a trencher" was invented by Ryan DeWind (Zeeland, Mich.) and Gregory Allen DeWind (Zeeland, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus comprises an offset box housing, a rotating shaft, and an offset chain guide member. The offset box housing includes a top end, a bottom end, a first side, and a second side. The rotating shaft is disposed within the offset box housing, is proximate to the top end of the offset box housing, and includes a first end and a second end, the first end of the rotating shaft is proximate to the ...