ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,680, issued on May 20, was assigned to Kubota Corp. (Osaka, Japan).
"Locking bracket and methods of using the same" was invented by Min Sung Kim (Atlanta), Douglas Swartz (Marietta, Ga.) and Phillip Sutton Jr. (Gainesville, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A locking bracket and methods of using the same are disclosed. The locking bracket includes a rigid body and a locking pin slidably and rotatably coupled to the rigid body and movable between an unlocked position and a locked position. An engagement member can enter and exit the rigid body when the locking pin is in the unlocked position but is locked to the rigid body when the l...