ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,057, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Gen-Y Creations LLC (Nappanee, Ind.).
"Anti-whip receiver" was invented by Carl J. Borkholder (Nappanee, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anti-whip receiver has a fixed portion that is coupled to a moveable receiver. The moveable receiver can move between an unloaded and a loaded position where it rotates and slides with respect to the fixed portion. The fixed portion has a torsion element that is coupled to one end of a link arm. The other end of the link arm is connected to the moveable receiver so that downward movement is resiliently resisted by the torsion element. The moveable recei...