ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,736, issued on July 8, was assigned to Mueller International LLC (Atlanta).
"Part tree support system" was invented by Clayton R. Hauberg (Springfield, Ill.) and Paul Warren Clements (Judsonia, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A part tree support apparatus can include a base defining an upper surface, the upper surface defining a plurality of openings; and a plurality of supports, each of the plurality of supports extending from the base and removably secured to the base with a fastener engaged with one of the plurality of openings, each of the plurality of supports defining a recess facing in a Z-axis direction."
The patent was ...