ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,139, issued on May 6, was assigned to Roger J. Malcolm (San Clemente, Calif.).
"Barrel tie-down bracket" was invented by Roger J. Malcolm (San Clemente, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bracket for securing a container or an array of co-planarly adjacent containers, such as cylindrical barrels or oil drums to a transport vehicle. Each bracket can include a generally ring-shaped circular, planar body having a diameter sized to substantially match the outer diameter of the circular end of the barrel. Six movable couplings can extend radially outwardly from the peripheral sidewall of the bracket body at angularly spaced apart, bu...