ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,585, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to House of Atlas LLC (Evanston, Ill.).
"Dual-mounted end cap system and locking system for an adjustable rod" was invented by Jason Moss (Libertyville, Ill.), Matthew Berman (Chicago) and Alan Arthur Ford (Sturgis, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a dual mount end cap system for mounting a rod. The dual mount end cap system includes both a threaded system and a fastener system. This enables end caps of the system to be pre-mounted using a fastener and also adjusted using the threaded system. The fastener can extend through the dual mount end cap system. Alternatively, the th...