ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,407, issued on Oct. 14.
"Quick release suction mounting apparatus with longitudinally stable, laterally compliant suction control valve seat" was invented by Israel Harry Zimmerman (Los Angeles).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A quick-release suction mounting apparatus includes a resilient anchor member with a unitary molded base seal, a stem, and a suction port regulated by a specially designed control valve for improved operational performance under dynamic conditions. The device facilitates a suction seal via a flexible tubule of the control valve that conforms to a control valve plunger, maintaining the seal under lateral stress wi...