ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,509, issued on June 3, was assigned to ARNOLD JAGER HOLDING GMBH (Hannover, Germany).

"Attachment piece, rod assembly and rod band" was invented by Johan Oord (Groningen, Netherlands), Sebastian Jager (Hannover, Germany) and Johan E. Adrichem (Uitgeest, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fastener for a rod belt having one or more rods includes a support area, at least one intermediate area, and a fastening area. The support area extends in a longitudinal direction and includes a support side. The at least one intermediate area and the support area are made as one piece. The fastening area projects away from the intermediate ...