US Patent Issued to The Boeing on April 15 for "One-piece co-molded snap-on apparatus, and support system and method of using the same" (South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,359, issued on April 15, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"One-piece co-molded snap-on apparatus, and support system and method of using the same" was invented by Michael B. Hargett (Charleston, S.C.), Todd M. Vakos (Johns Island, S.C.) and Brian Erick Waters (Holly Hill, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a one-piece co-molded snap-on apparatus for supporting one or more elongate elements. The apparatus includes a ring post and a snap-on attachment base co-molded to the ring post for a snap-on attachment to an elongate bar structure. The snap-on attachment base includes a top support portion integra...