ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,184, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to SAS Sysytems Australia PTY LTD (Maroochydore, Australia).
"Assembly and method for attaching extruded members" was invented by Leslie James Thomas (Crows Nest, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly of extruded members including: an extruded housing member including one or more holes formed along at least one side thereof for entry of ends of one or more second extrusions therethrough; and at least one extruded aluminum clamping member including one or more pairs of opposed clamping portions for clamping the ends of the one or more second extrusions therebetween."
The patent was ...