ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,121, issued on July 8, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
"Anchoring tools and related methods" was invented by Thomas Hillman (Missouri City, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example anchoring device includes a support base and an adjustment mechanism connected to the support base. The adjustment mechanism includes a rotatable member, multiple first pivotable members connected to the rotatable member, and multiple second pivotable members connected to the support base. The rotatable member is rotatable in a first direction to cause the multiple first pivotable members and the multiple second pivotab...