ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,778, issued on May 20, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).
"Clutch having tamper evident indicator" was invented by Ian Ross Ferrier (Wantirna South, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clutch for lifting a concrete component, including a toroidal connector, a latch movable relative to the toroidal connector between a disengaged condition and an engaged condition, and a coupler for coupling the toroidal connector to a lifting apparatus, wherein the coupler includes a first part and a second part pivotal relative to the first part about a pin, and wherein the coupler includes a tamper evident indicator to...