ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,529, issued on Jan. 20.

"Clamping door dolly" was invented by Joe Meilak (Moonee Ponds, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dolly apparatus for clamping a door to a wheeled base for transportation of the door includes a base and a clamping linkage mounted on the base. The door is positionable on an upper surface of an actuator of the clamping linkage so that a weight of the door urges the actuator to move a pair of jaws of the clamping linkage toward each other above the actuator, thereby clamping the door. A pair of wheels are rotatably mounted to the base."

The patent was filed on May 10, 2023, under Application No. 18/195,...