ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,480, issued on April 22, was assigned to Line Work Bucket Products LLC (Park City, Kan.).

"Adjustable clamp with extendable and retractable jaws" was invented by Harold Landon Dees (Rose Hill, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adjustable clamp has first and second handles that are pivotally joined together and first and second jaws that extend respectively from the first and second handles and end in first and second nose tips. Each of the first and second jaws has an inner portion that is housed within an outer portion in a manner to allow relative movement between the inner portion and the outer portion to move the first and se...