ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,167, issued on Nov. 11.
"Accessory hanger" was invented by Philip DiTrolio (Suwanee, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The technology includes an accessory hanger that allows a horizontally mounted pipe to be supported from an adjacent vertically mounted pipe. A pipe-mounted coupler mounts on the vertically configured pipe end to allow one or more accessory connections to be affixed to a vertical rectangular extrusion. Channel openings and channel walls on the accessory hanger are mated with the grooves on the pipe-mounted coupler creating a clamped, friction mating such that the accessory hanger is securely fastened to the pipe-mou...