ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,780, issued on March 18, was assigned to Jergens Inc. (Cleveland).
"Mounting system with self aligning cam system" was invented by Darel R. Taylor (Painesville, Ohio), Terry Schron (Garden Grove, Calif.) and Edward Conaway (Twinsburg, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mounting system having a dual plunger arrangement wherein the side of each plunger has a pull down cam to provide a desired pull down action in relation to at least two studs, the cams moving relative to one another and axially aligning relative to one another relative to the two axially spaced pull down studs to allow the plungers to provide a maximum hold down fo...