US Patent Issued to TASK FORCE TIPS on Nov. 3 for "Clamp for a flexible hose or tube" (Indiana Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,906, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to TASK FORCE TIPS LLC (Valparaiso, Ind.).

"Clamp for a flexible hose or tube" was invented by David J. Kolacz (Plymouth, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clamp that is used for clamping a flexible tube or hose has two primary pieces that are hinged together at one end and have handle sections on the other end. Two linking pieces that are hinged together at one end have opposite ends that are hinged to intermediate hinge points on the primary pieces. Clamping surfaces on one of the primary pieces and on one of the linking pieces open in the direction of the handles. When rotating to the closed ...