ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,969, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to ARCHDEVCO IP PTY LTD (Australia).

"Cam lever assembly" was invented by James Youngs (Worongary, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A quick release cam lever assembly for use with the collar (14) of a collar clamp (10) to secure a shaft (16) when received by the collar is provided. The collar is an open-ended ring with outwardly directed opposed flanges (18, 20) spaced apart from another by a gap (22) between the ends of the ring, and the cam lever assembly comprises a cam lever (12, 56) having a first end region (26) terminating in at least one cam element (28, 62), the cam element being ...