ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,302, issued on July 8, was assigned to YakAttack LLC (Farmville, Va.).
"Rotation locking device for t-bolt" was invented by Luther Cifers (Farmville, Va.) and Daniel Anderson Newman (Salem, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A T-bolt locking device provides positive engagement of a T-bolt with a track as well as prevents disengagement from the track when loosening the T-bolt sufficiently to allow movement of an accessory along a slot in the track to a new position. Tightening the accessory onto the T-bolt secures flanges of the head of the T-bolt against an inner surface of the track while fixing the accessory to the track. The T-bolt...