US Patent Issued to Frico AS on Jan. 28 for "Heavy duty transom for structural support systems" (Norwegian, Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,209,421, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Frico AS (Undrumsdal, Norway).

"Heavy duty transom for structural support systems" was invented by Steven Fritzoe (Tonsberg, Norway) and Danny Zarb (Belmont, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This publication relates to a tubular transom in particular for temporary structures, such as scaffolding or false work and similar structure, having ends configured to be connected to verticals at node sections arranged at intervals on the verticals. Each end of the transom comprises a fastening device with an integrated profile part, releasably attached to the tubular transom in an opening at the ...