ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,537, issued on March 24.
"Custom fastened locking stopping covered wire rope clip system" was invented by Theodore James Thompson (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wire rope clip to clip strands of wire rope together includes a one piece U bolt including a pair of threaded members; a saddle including a pair of holes that receive the pair of threaded members of the U bolt to compress the strands of wire rope between the U bolt and the saddle; a pair of fasteners threadably engageable with the threaded members of the U bolt, wherein the U bolt and the saddle include respective stop engagement members that engage when the pai...