US Patent Issued to Sullivan Ag Services on April 8 for "Devices for removing treads from wheels, and related methods" (Missouri Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,144, issued on April 8, was assigned to Sullivan Ag Services LLC (Silex, Mo.).

"Devices for removing treads from wheels, and related methods" was invented by Sam Sullivan (Silex, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for removing a tread from a wheel (e.g., a closing wheel of a planter, a gauge wheel of a planter, a gauge wheel of a cultivator, a gauge wheel of seed drill etc.) includes a body configured to support the wheel, and a fastener coupled to the body. The fastener is configured to engage the wheel when the wheel is supported by the body, and position the wheel on the body, and then compress the wheel against the body ...