ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,439, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Magron Ltd (Brasildon, Great Britain).

"Connector" was invented by Simon G. Miller (Shoeburyness, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector has a first member (1) forming a female member, and a second member (2) forming a male member arranged to co-operate with the female member along a longitudinal axis (3). The first member houses a spring biased claw (44) which has a finger (49) arranged to engage in a detent (25) in the second member so as secure the second member to the first member. A latch (70), which is reciprocal in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis (3),...