ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,203, issued on May 27, was assigned to POLY-CLIP SYSTEM GMBH & Co. KG (Hattersheim, Germany).
"Freely positionable clip line fixture for securing a free end of a clip line to a clip reel" was invented by Heiko Schleucher (Gedern, Germany) and Alexander Guth (Gedern, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a clip line fixture suitable for use with a clip line wound around a clip reel, the clip line fixture being configured to prevent the clip line from unwinding from the clip reel. The clip line fixture comprises at least one attachment portion shaped to removably attach the clip line fixture to at least ...