ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,942, issued on May 13, was assigned to ASC Engineered Solutions LLC (Oak Brook, Ill.).
"Brace pipe attachment mechanism" was invented by Bobby Lee Budziszek (Middletown, R.I.), Jordan Cameron Belen (West Warwick, R.I.) and Matthew William McNamara (Portsmouth, R.I.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A brace pipe attachment mechanism includes a hook member comprising a hook and defining a first fastener hole; a base member defining a second fastener hole aligned with the first fastener hole, wherein the hook member is rotatable relative to the base member between a first position and a second position; and a fastener extending through the...