ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,190, issued on April 14, was assigned to Sur-Loc Holdings LLC (Kearneysville, W.va.).

"Connector for a scaffolding system" was invented by Mark Cerasi (Kearneysville, W.va.) and Andrew Sneeringer (Debary, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector for a scaffolding system includes end portions and a central portion. The central portion includes raised upper and side regions that protrude outward. Raised side regions of the central portion also includes an indent disposed distally from the raised upper region. The end portions are securable to a support beam of the scaffolding system, where the raised upper region is substantial...