ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,776, issued on March 3, was assigned to Clear View Glass Railings LLC (Lakeland, Minn.).

"Lever spigot for glass railing system" was invented by John Ruprecht (Lakeland, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes an elongated body and a lever. The body has a base configured to mount on a surface. The body includes a slot configured to extend substantially perpendicular to the surface and a channel in communication with the slot. The lever is disposed in the channel and comprises a cam head pivotally connected to the body proximate a bottom of the channel and an end configured to move between an open position and a clo...