ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,487, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to DANDORI VIS Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Fixing device and fixing structure for article attaching member" was invented by Kenji Saito (Tokyo) and Kyohei Kaneda (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fixing device for an article attaching member that makes it possible to fix with sufficient strength an article attaching member, to which a desired article or articles is/are capable of being attached, to a fragile wall surface made of gypsum board or the like by easy work, is provided.In a state where a first engaging portion 14 and a second engaging portion 15 are contacted with a wall surface 50a, nails ...