ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,265, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Ductoad Inc. (Frederick, Md.).
"Ducting coupler and assembly" was invented by Robert Daniel Oberlander (Frederick, Md.), Cyrus Etemad-Moghadam (Fallston, Md.), Drew Harlacher (Delta, Pa.) and Samantha Verzi (Forest Hill, Md.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coupler includes a tubular wall having a flange end and a free end, an annular flange extending radially outwardly from the flange end, and a plurality of retaining barbs extending outwardly from the free end. A plurality of latch assemblies are at the flange end. The latch assemblies are configured to releasably secure the flange to an adja...