US Patent Issued to United States of America represented by the Secretary of the Navy on Dec. 2 for "Mechanical attachment mechanism with catchment fingers engaging curved grooves" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,003, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to United States of America represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington).

"Mechanical attachment mechanism with catchment fingers engaging curved grooves" was invented by Lance V. Lowenberg (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mechanical attachment mechanism includes a clamp and a receptacle. The clamp includes a trigger arm and catchment fingers biased to pivot toward the trigger arm. The receptacle includes an aligner and curved grooves. The curved grooves each have open exterior and closed interior ends. The trigger arm of the clamp is biased from a triggered position toward secur...