ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,731, issued on April 22, was assigned to GARLOCK HYGIENIC TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Charlotte, N.C.).
"Pipe clamp" was invented by Leonel Garcia (Charlotte, N.C.), Ryan Leavy (Charlotte, N.C.), Christoph Neuffer (Charlotte, N.C.) and Sascha Butter (Charlotte, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clamp for is provided. The clamp has a first arm and second arm both with a pivot end and a lock end that are hingedly coupled. The lock end of the second arm has a seat and a pair of fingers forming a slot. The first arm and the second arm have a radially inwardly facing channel. A lock has a part that extends through a bore of the first arm and rot...