US Patent Issued to Panduit on Sept. 1 for "Swivel spacer" (Chinese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,679, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Panduit Corp. (Tinley Park, Ill.).

"Swivel spacer" was invented by Shigui Zhang (Wuxi, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A swivel spacer comprises a first component and a second component rotatably connected with respect to each other. Wherein, the first component comprises thereon two first central anchors with a first central contact surface formed therebetween, a first left anchor provided on the left side of the first component with a first left contact surface formed between one of the first central anchors on the left side and the first left anchor, and a first right anchor provided on...