ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,833, issued on May 20, was assigned to Canny Systems LLC (Mansfield, Texas).

"Ridgeline roof clip" was invented by Stacy L. Kennedy (Mansfield, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clip device for holding a bulb in fixed relationship relative to a ridgeline of a roof. The clip device includes a front side and a back side opposite the front side, a top side and a bottom side opposite the top side, and a first side and a second side opposite the first side. Two shoulders transition into corresponding legs having at least one hook on each leg. A top portion of the clip device includes a finger portions terminating with respective clip...