ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,516, issued on Sept. 22.
"Bender board retainer appartatus" was invented by Jeffrey Taylor (Chatsworth, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An auger assembly suitable for positioning and securing a bender board to a ground surface includes a gripping device adapted to be removably engage with the bender board and retain the bender board. The auger assembly also includes an auger adapted to be inserted inside the ground surface. The auger is removably engaged with the gripping device and is arranged to rotate relative to the gripping device. The gripping device is arranged to be displaced in a vertical direction in response to the ...