US Patent Issued to FTS Tools on Nov. 4 for "Railroad spike stabilizer for railroad and construction applications" (Virginia, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,355, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to FTS Tools LLC (Ledgewood, N.J.).

"Railroad spike stabilizer for railroad and construction applications" was invented by Peter J. Bartek (Lynchburg, Va.), Charlie Preston (Lynchburg, Va.), Kevin Pugh (Lynchburg, Va.) and Peter M. Bartek (Ledgewood, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a railroad spike stabilizer for railway and construction applications. The stabilizer comprises a hollow, square-based prism body with four outer walls defining an internal cavity conforming to a railroad spike's geometry. The cavity, open at the top, tapers inward with angled inner wa...