US Patent Issued to CRUSHLOCK on March 4 for "Multi-piece bolts and methods of making the same" (Hawaii, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,241,494, issued on March 4, was assigned to CRUSHLOCK INC. (Chuluota, Fla.).

"Multi-piece bolts and methods of making the same" was invented by Arnold R. Limatoc (Aiea, Hawaii), Joel S. Peck (Kapolei, Hawaii) and James P. Karins (Chuluota, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bolt includes a threaded shaft and a bolt head. The threaded shaft has a first end, a second opposing end, and an external thread. The first end includes a flared protrusion and the external thread is wrapped about the shaft and extends from the second opposing end to the flared protrusion. The bolt head includes an interior threaded bore for threadingly engaging t...