ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,401, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to KURT MANUFACTURING COMPANY INC. (Minneapolis).

"Vise assembly with two movable jaws" was invented by David L. Schmidt (Zimmerman, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vise assembly and a method for clamping a workpiece comprises a base. A pair of side walls extend from the base and have guideways. A pair of spaced apart jaw assemblies is disposed on the base, each jaw assembly being movable on the base. Each jaw assembly comprises a jaw support supporting a jaw nut on an elongated member. The elongated member is disposed between and parallel to the guideways. At least one jaw nut of one of the ...