ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,742, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to T-BIN AG EQUIPMENT LTD. (Regina, Canada).
"Lifting systems for portable grain bins" was invented by Patrick M. Beaujot (Kipling, Canada), Trevor Phenix (Regina, Canada), David William Kosior (Fillmore, Canada) and Michael Rosumowitsch (Brandon, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An expandable and collapsible grain bin is provided, comprising: two telescoping cylindrical sections, an upper bin section and a lower bin section, the two telescoping cylindrical sections adapted to automatically interlock with one another when the grain bin is in an expanded position; a first lifting system for li...