ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,021, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to SOMA GmbH & Co. KG (Dotternhausen, Germany).
"Pipe fastener" was invented by Frank Sommer (Balingen, Germany) and Andreas Massold (Balingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pipe clip that is designed with identical L-shaped fingers on opposite sides, serving as connecting devices, which can be connected, by pivoting, to pipe clips that bear on one another with the sides thereof, so that a row of pipe clips can be formed, of which only every second, third, or fifth has to be screwed to, for example, a wall or ceiling."
The patent was filed on Dec. 2, 2021, under Application No. 18/273,...