ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,053, issued on May 20, was assigned to House of Atlas LLC (Evanston, Ill.).

"Spring-biased end caps for rod assembly and methods of use" was invented by Jason Moss (Libertyville, Ill.) and Matthew Berman (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spring-biased end cap for mounting a rod assembly is provided including an outer body, an inner body, and a spring engaging both the outer body and the inner body to change a position of the inner body relative to the outer body upon compression or expansion of the spring. A rod is received within the outer body and fixed to the inner body. In embodiments, the spring has a first end portion c...