US Patent Issued to House of Atlas on Jan. 28 for "Rod connector system and methods of use" (Illinois, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,209,608, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to House of Atlas LLC (Evanston, Ill.).

"Rod connector system and methods of use" was invented by Jason Moss (Libertyville, Ill.) and Alan Arthur Ford (Sturgis, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rod connector is provided including a disc portion, a first shaft portion and a second shaft portion. The disc portion has a first side configured to engage a first rod and a second side configured to engage a second rod. The first shaft portion extends from the first side of the disc portion and includes threads along at least a portion of the length thereof for engaging threads of the first rod to d...