ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,886, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Gowings SHI Pty Ltd (Coffs Harbour, Australia).
"Removable locking device" was invented by Russell John Millar (Seatoun, New Zealand).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for removably attaching two pieces of an apparatus (such as a leg rope to a surfboard) together is described which has two members (a first male member and a second female member) that are movable to be in two positions, one a locked position and the other an unlocking position. The first male member is joined to a first piece of the apparatus (such as the leg rope) and the second female member is joined to the other piece of ...