ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,009, issued on Nov. 11.

"Pipeline clamp alignment device" was invented by Kyle Harvey Thomson (Bonnyville, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pipeline clamp alignment device that is configured to be operably coupled to a pipeline clamp that is surroundably mounted to a pipeline wherein the present invention provides leverage to facilitate minor adjustments to the pipeline. The present invention includes a first embodiment and a second embodiment wherein both embodiments are configured to operably couple to a portion of a pipeline clamp. The first embodiment leverages a second section to be placed intermediate the clamp and the p...