US Patent Issued to Blue Origin Manufacturing on Aug. 18 for "Fastener for temporarily securing components" (District Of Columbia, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,710,067, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Blue Origin Manufacturing LLC (Huntsville, Ala.).

"Fastener for temporarily securing components" was invented by Anthony Ruh (Washington) and Cameron Crow (Renton, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Toggle bolts are disclosed herein. In one aspect, a fastener configured to temporarily secure a component to a support structure during installation of the component. The fastener includes a proximal portion configured to selectively engage and disengage a hole in the support structure. The fastener also has an intermediate portion having a plurality of retention arms. Each of the retention arms i...