ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,616, issued on Feb. 10.
"Load bearing hinge joint" was invented by Jeff Gillespie (Naples, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A load bearing hinge joint, including a first arm member, a second arm member and fastening means for pivotally interconnecting the second arm member to the first. The fastening means are positioned on a first side surface and a second side surface of the first arm member. A support seat is positioned atop a surface of the first arm proximate to a second end of the first arm, wherein the second end is distal and opposite facing a first end of the first arm member and wherein the support seat is configured to ...