US Patent Issued to Federal Bureau of Investigation on Sept. 8 for "Press device and method of operating the same" (Virginia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,942, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Federal Bureau of Investigation (Washington).

"Press device and method of operating the same" was invented by Ian B. Vabnick (Fredericksburg, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A press device may include a frame comprising a target base disposed over an upper portion thereof, a back support extending vertically from the frame adjacent to the target base, and a linear actuator mounted to the frame and positioned to actuate along a translation axis substantially parallel to the target base and toward the back support. The press device may also include a fracturing tool coupled to first linear act...