US Patent Issued to Illinois Tool Works on May 19 for "Jigging systems for fabricating timber frames and applying attachments to members thereof" (Australian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,035, issued on May 19, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).

"Jigging systems for fabricating timber frames and applying attachments to members thereof" was invented by Bernard Joseph Kennelly (New South Wales, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A jigging system for fabrication of a frame provided with at least one attachment applied to one or more members thereof, the system comprising: a support structure to support members arranged within a plane to define members of the frame; and at least one jig configured to hold a said attachment aligned to a defined axis that extends in one of orthogonal directions ...