ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,433, issued on May 13, was assigned to ALLWAY TOOLS INC. (West Babylon, N.Y.).
"Sander clamping mechanism" was invented by Yuan Fang Cheng (Syosset, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sanding device includes a base, a plurality of protrusions extending from the base, a plurality of fasteners, a first one of the fasteners extending through the base, a clamping mechanism having openings through which the protrusions and the first one of the fasteners extend, and a spring arranged over the first one of the fasteners, between the base and the clamping mechanism. The clamping mechanism is releasably fixed in contact with the base in a ...