ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,308, issued on July 22, was assigned to Tramec LLC (Shawnee, Kan.).
"Clamp assembly" was invented by Chris Kline (Allendale, Mich.), Craig Herweyer (Holland, Mich.), Kevin Cornelius (Lees Summit, Mo.) and Jeffrey McKeown (Wake Forest, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus of a clamp with a first body extending between an attachment end and a hinged end, the first body having at least one first rounded segment. A second body hingedly connected to the first body at the hinged end for movement of the first body and the second body between an opened position and a closed position; the second body having at least one second rou...