ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,191, issued on April 14, was assigned to George Charitou (King City, Canada).
"Prop-brace coupler for construction platform" was invented by George Charitou (King City, Canada) and Mubashir Choudhry (Oakville, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A prop-brace coupler has a first section configured to be selectively connected to a vertical prop member of a construction platform that includes a vertical spacing member and a diagonal bracing member. The prop-brace coupler also has a second section configured to be selectively connected to the vertical spacing member and to the diagonal bracing member."
The patent was filed on July 2,...