ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,915, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Mesa Distribution Inc. (Los Alamitos, Calif.).

"Systems, apparatuses, and methods for anchoring and fastening of skate truck kingpins" was invented by Yuche Su (Taipei, Taiwan) and Joseph Pulsifer (Atascadero, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, apparatuses, and methods for fastening components of equipment, for example, a skateboard or a roller skate, among other types of sporting boards, sports apparatuses, or wheeled sporting apparatuses. Fastening systems disclosed herein may be utilized to couple a skateboard truck to a skateboard deck. The fastening systems may add a high level...