ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,542, issued on March 17, was assigned to LAMUS ENTERPRISES INC. (Vancouver, Canada).
"Helical pin gripper" was invented by Joe Augustine S.T. Lam (Vancouver, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a helical pin gripper where a helical pin gripping element is mount at one end of a rotor that is rotated and moved axially to cause a sharpened end of the helical penetrating pin(s) forming part of the gripping element to penetrate an article and move a length of the helical penetrating pin into the article and thereby grip the article."
The patent was filed on July 5, 2022, under Application No. 17/857,44...