ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,905, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Norse Inc. (Torrington, Conn.).
"Fastener system and method" was invented by Alfred C. Langer (New Milford, Conn.) and Christian Thomas (Lebanon, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fastening system for joining two structural members is provided. The fastening system includes a latching device comprising a housing, at least one eccentric rotatable part and a generally S shaped latch spring hook joined to the rotatable part, and a receiver having at least one hole configured to receive a free end of the latch spring hook. In one embodiment, the bottom portion of the housing is generally semi-...