ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,711, issued on May 20, was assigned to Panduit Corp. (Tinley Park, Ill.).
"Bi-level metal locking cleat" was invented by Rodney G. Rouleau (Manhattan, Ill.), Sahar Ramahi (Palos Hills, Ill.) and Nicholas M. Molenhouse (New Lenox, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A metal locking cleat secures cable bundles while withstanding impulse forces and short circuit events. The metal locking cleat has a housing, a tie body, and a metal locking head. The housing has a top, a bottom, sides, a front, a back, an upper level, and a lower level. The tie body is positioned in the lower level of the housing and the metal locking head is positioned ...