ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,616,299, issued on May 5, was assigned to ILWLC (Sheridan, Wyo.).
"Platform assembly" was invented by Christopher Eng (Newton, Mass.) and Patrick Triato (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A platform assembly with platform extending in a horizontal plane with a bottom surface, a vertical support member coupled to the platform and a C-clamp. The C-clamp comprises a horizontally oriented side coupled to the vertical support member; a first and second vertically oriented side extending downward; the second vertically oriented side comprising a threaded hole. A screw comprises a handle at a first end of the screw, and a shoe at a se...