ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,743,008, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Really Right Stuff LLC (Lehi, Utah).

"Clamp with improved retaining structure" was invented by Verent Chan (Lehi, Utah) and Joseph M. Johnson Sr. (Lehi, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for engaging equipment to a support includes a member defining a first channel having a first side wall capable of lateral movement with respect to a second side wall suitable for engaging the equipment therebetween. The member defines a pair of surfaces suitable for engaging equipment thereon. A movable member is capable of causing the lateral movement. A substantially compressible member is o...