US Patent Issued to TECHNOLOGIES CGC on June 10 for "Coupling device and base member for coupling device" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,218, issued on June 10, was assigned to TECHNOLOGIES CGC INC. (Quebec, Canada).

"Coupling device and base member for coupling device" was invented by Carl Bouchard (Quebec, Canada), Tommy Lapierre (Quebec, Canada) and Bruno Desaulniers (Quebec, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coupling device includes base and plate members that are connectable to one another. The base member has a body with a coupling face, a stopper connected to the body and moveable between neutral and locked positions, and an actuation mechanism for moving the stopper. In a connected mode of the coupling device, a contact portion of the coupling face conta...