US Patent Issued to One Pass Innovators on Sept. 23 for "Trencher with a detachable digging box" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,690, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to One Pass Innovators LLC (Zeeland, Mich.).

"Trencher with a detachable digging box" 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: "A trencher includes a drive mechanism, a detachable digging box, and a digging support member. The detachable digging box receives power from an intermediate drive member transferring power from the drive mechanism to a trenching chain coupled to the detachable digging box. The drive mechanism and the detachable digging box are coupled to the intermediate drive member. The digging box support mem...