ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,373, issued on Oct. 7.

"Pipe holding assembly" was invented by Garry Dossous (Pomona, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pipe holding assembly includes a base and a screw extending upwardly from the base. A clamping unit is threadably attachable to the screw and the clamping unit is adjustable upwardly and downwardly on the screw. An extension pipe is insertable into the clamping unit such that the extension pipe is vertically oriented when the base is positioned on the support surface. Additionally, the extension pipe includes a coupling element. A cradle is movably attachable to a coupling element of the extension pipe such that ...