ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,473, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Kreg Enterprises Inc. (Huxley, Iowa).

"Quick grip pocket hole jig system and method" was invented by Timothy J. Forbes (Ankeny, Iowa), Scott Schaaf (Ankeny, Iowa) and Mark David McClellan (Prairie City, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A quick grip pocket hole jig system is presented having a support section having a clamp support, an end stop and a back stop. A clamping assembly is connected to the support section having a clamping rod that extends through the clamp support. A drill guide carrier having a drill guide assembly is connected to the clamping rod on a forward side of the clamp sup...