ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,140, issued on July 14, was assigned to Linet Spol. S R.O. (Slany, Czech Republic).
"Two-way band brake for a caster" was invented by Vladimir Kolar (Slany, Czech Republic).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mechanical two-way controlled band brake has components, such as a lever, a yoke having arms and a guiding bar, a brake band, anchoring points, pivots and brake drums, which are preferably made of metal or metal alloys. The components of the mechanical two-way controlled band brake may be also made of other materials, such as plastics, combination of metal alloys and plastics or any other materials, which are firm with sufficient be...