ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,120, issued on July 15, was assigned to Reach Right LLC (Fargo, N.D.).

"Auxiliary attachment" was invented by James Pladson (Fargo, N.D.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clamp structure includes a first female member adjacent to a first channel member comprising a first channel closed side along an axis to receive a member along the axis, the first female member pivots about a first female member axis parallel to the axis; a male member mounted along a first male member axis parallel to the axis; a threaded fastener that extends through the male member transverse to the first male member axis; and a first wing nut threaded to the thr...