US Patent Issued on June 30 for "Systems and methods to secure a workpiece to a machine" (California, Nevada Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,923, issued on June 30.

"Systems and methods to secure a workpiece to a machine" was invented by Derek Evan Goodwin (Gilroy, Calif.) and Michael Wayne Whitten (Carson City, Nev.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are disclosed to secure a workpiece with a recess or a projection on one end of the workpiece. The device includes a base; a body portion having a first end coupled to the base and a second end coupleable to the workpiece via the recess or the projection on one end the workpiece; and one or more fastener openings in the body portion, each fastener opening adapted to receive a fastener, each fastener opening f...