ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,609, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to VersaBuilt Inc. (Boise, Idaho).
"Vise" was invented by Alexander D. Youngwerth (Boise, Idaho), Albert James Youngwerth (Boise, Idaho), Benjamin Thomas Blaine (Eagle, Idaho), Eric Lebsack (Kuna, Idaho) and Dan Thompson (Boise, Idaho).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are vise embodiments designed to lower manufacturing cost and work well in an automated CNC milling production environment. The disclosed embodiments include rigid vises having high clamp force and low internal friction. The embodiments include features for resisting the ingress of metal chips into sensitive moving parts through...