US Patent Issued to Custom Fabricating & Supplies on June 30 for "Hook lock and method" (Wisconsin Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,145, issued on June 30, was assigned to Custom Fabricating & Supplies (Franklin, Wis.).

"Hook lock and method" was invented by Brian P. Asik (Franklin, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hook lock and method are provided for retaining a workpiece on a hook of an industrial rack. The hook includes a shank having a cross-sectional width, defining a bend for receiving the workpiece thereon, and terminating at a terminal end. The hook lock includes a block having a passageway extending along an axis between first and second outer surfaces of the block. The passageway has a cross-sectional width less than or equal to the cross-sectiona...