ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,082, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Snap-on support assembly and method" was invented by Dennis W. Ehney (Hollywood, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A snap-on support assembly has a snap-on base and at least one ring post. The snap-on base includes a base bottom portion and a base top portion. The base bottom portion has a spaced-apart pair of bottom portion attachment arms configured for snap-on attachment to a bar member. The base top portion comprises a monument co-molded with the base bottom portion and having a monument top end having a monument threaded bore. The ring post has a ring fo...