ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,038, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to FirstSpear 6/12 LLC (Fenton, Mo.).
"Attachment system" was invented by Michael E. Cole (Ste. Genevieve, Mo.) and Scott J. Carver (Chesterfield, Mo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An attachment system for attaching a holder to a carrier includes a platform having an outwardly facing side, an opposite back side, and laminated layers of any of a variety of materials and having a plurality of slits therethrough defined and bound by edges of the layers fused together to have increased stiffness, wear and abrasion resistance, the slits arranged in a predetermined pattern of aligned and spaced apart r...