US Patent Issued to Adelie on June 2 for "Clamp assembly for scaffolding" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,294, issued on June 2, was assigned to Adelie LLC (De Pere, Wis.).

"Clamp assembly for scaffolding" was invented by Rodney Michael Scott Skelton (Sherwood Park, Canada), Troy Kowalski (Spruce Grove, Canada), Archie Troy Lumsden (Rock Hill, S.C.) and Chris Osswald (Rothschild, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clamp assembly adapted for efficient assembly and disassembly of scaffolding includes a pair of pivotally coupled rotating clamp members and a wedge employed to temporarily hold the two clamp members in a closed position about a scaffolding pipe. One of the clamp members has a flange, and the clamp assembly includes a clevis ...