ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,677, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Valeda Co. LLC (Oakland Park, Fla.).
"Manual track fittings" was invented by Patrick Girardin (Lauderdale, Fla.), Robert Andrew Cumming (Crowley, Great Britain), James Douglas Wiles (Whistable, Great Britain) and Bryan David Platt (Whitstable, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A track fitting for securing a structure to an open-top channeled track may include at least one leaf having a flange portion that depends at an angle from a levering portion, and at least one fastener for connecting the levering portion to the structure, wherein in a secured condition, the flange portion is ...