US Patent Issued on Sept. 1 for "Pivotal connection with the ability to achieve full rotational positioning" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,618, issued on Sept. 1.

"Pivotal connection with the ability to achieve full rotational positioning" was invented by Frank Santangelo III (Orange, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A joint having a base portion, an upper portion, and an actuation portion. The base portion defines a socket. The upper portion has a spherical element at least partially located inside the socket, and the spherical element defines a locking portion. The actuation portion is at least partially located inside the base portion. The actuation portion has a button, a button spring, a pin, a pin spring. The button defines a pin receiving space. The pin has ...