ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,572, issued on March 24, was assigned to Oetiker Schweiz AH (Horgen, Switzerland).
"V-clamp with band lock" was invented by Tomasz Godlewski (Legnickie, Poland) and Adam Serek (Legnickie, Poland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A screw-type V-clamp, to be fastened around an object. The clamp has a clamping band 10 having first and second band parts 11, 12, a connector 30 attached to first end regions of the first and second band parts 11, 12 for tightening the clamping band 10 about the object, and a band lock 20 formed at second end regions of the first and second band parts 11, 12 for removably attaching the first band part 11 to th...