ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,453, issued on May 5.
"Adjustable tensioning device" was invented by Steven R. Kick (Mc Connells, S.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adjustable tensioning device may include an elongated barrel having a threaded aperture and a barrel gear encircling the barrel perpendicular to a rotational axis. A threaded shaft, having a tensioning element, may be coupled to the threaded aperture. An alignment arm, having an elongated length, may be coupled to the threaded shaft and/or tensioning element, the elongated length contacting an arm brace coupled to the gearbox. A drive gear of the gearbox may engage the barrel gear. A motivation couple...