ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,254, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to EHOMA INDUSTRIAL Corp. (Taichung City, Taiwan).

"One-handed ratchet clamp tool" was invented by Chun-Huan Chuang (Taichung City, Taiwan), Kai-Wei Hou (Taichung City, Taiwan) and Jyh-Yuh Chang (Taichung City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A one-handed ratchet clamp tool includes a slide rod, a fixed arm, a movable arm, an operation lever, a clam member, and a release member. The fixed arm is disposed on one end of the slide rod. The movable arm has one end slidably mounted around the slide rod, and another end having an imaginary face and a ratchet which include a dip angle larger than 3...