ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,215,736, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Acon Finland Oy Ltd (Oulu, Finland).
"Joint structure for connecting two frame tubes in sporting equipment" was invented by Joel Sallinen (Liminka, Finland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A joint structure for connecting two hollow frame tubes in sporting equipment. The tubes have a shell, a sleeve part, and a receiving part. The sleeve part is configured to fit into the receiving part in such a way that there is a hole running through both parts. The joint structure includes a locking arrangement having an elongated spring strip that is bent into a first wing and a second wing. The holding part i...