US Patent Issued to CETERES HOLDINGS on July 1 for "Coupler for connecting a rebar to a threaded rod or another rebar" (Washington Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,289, issued on July 1, was assigned to CETERES HOLDINGS LLC (Jackson, Wyo.).

"Coupler for connecting a rebar to a threaded rod or another rebar" was invented by Thomas M. Espinosa (Snohomish, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coupler includes a cylindrical body having a first end and a second end; the cylindrical body including an axial hole extending from the first end to the second end with a side wall, the axial hole including a first portion for receiving an end portion of a first rod and a threaded second portion for receiving an end portion of a second rod; and the cylindrical body including a first longitudinal cutout exte...