US Patent Issued on July 7 for "Restrained joint apparatus and method for making the same" (Washington Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,313, issued on July 7.

"Restrained joint apparatus and method for making the same" was invented by Norman L. Olson (Port Orchard, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A restrained joint apparatus, applications of the apparatus, and methods for making the apparatus are described. The apparatus is a wood-frame coupling that establishes the restrained joint with movement resistance and moment resistance of a wood member coupled with a frame. The frame includes a body with a wall. The frame can be a unitary structure wherein the wall of the body is arranged to replace an outer perimeter of the end of the wood member so that the wood membe...