US Patent Issued to Somero Enterprises on Dec. 2 for "Concrete finishing machine with adjustable float" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,624, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Somero Enterprises Inc. (Ft. Myers, Fla.).

"Concrete finishing machine with adjustable float" was invented by Grant A. Johnson (Hancock, Mich.), Trevor Eenigenburg (Houghton, Mich.), Philip D. Halonen (Calumet, Mich.) and Mark A. Pietila (Atlantic Mine, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A concrete finishing machine includes a base portion and an extendable and retractable boom mounted at the base portion, and a finishing head mounted at a distal end of the boom. The finishing head includes (i) a float pivotally attached at a frame of the finishing head via a plurality of linkages, (ii) a float...