ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,164, issued on June 10, was assigned to ERICO International Corp. (Solon, Ohio).

"Systems and methods for a hanger for supporting a threaded object" was invented by Eric Wilson (Solon, Ohio), Raymond Olle (Valley View, Ohio) and Jeff Wilson (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hanger (200) is provided for supporting a load on a threaded object (10) with a longitudinal axis. The hanger (200) can include a hanger body (202), a hole (210) in the hanger body (202), and a partial thread portion (212). The hole (210) can be configured to receive the threaded object (10) therethrough. The partial thread portion (212) can b...