ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,434, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Atomic Design Inc. (Lititz, Pa.).
"Locking connector assembly" was invented by Josef W. Oggier III (Manheim, Pa.) and Nicolas Artale (Lancaster, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector having a male component and a female component. The male component includes a midsection with switch mechanism. The female component includes a bearing surface bearing against the midsection of the male component in a first position of the bearing surface of the female component, and spaced from the midsection of the male component in other positions of the female component."
The patent was filed on April...