ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,278,471, issued on April 15.
"Saddle of an improved type for supporting elongated bodies" was invented by Alberto Varale (Cologno Monzese, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A saddle for supporting elongated bodies such as cables, pipes and the like includes a body with a rectangular or quadrangular section, obtained by coupling two half-saddles. Each half-saddle has an outer portion or shell made from a plastic material and an internal portion or core made from an elastomeric material, on which one or more grooves are defined for housing the elongated bodies and which, when the two half-saddles are coupled, define one or more continuou...