US Patent Issued to The Metraflex on Nov. 3 for "Clamping pipe restraint" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,887, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to The Metraflex Co. (Chicago).

"Clamping pipe restraint" was invented by James D. Clauss (Frankfort, Ill.), Daniel T. Holbach (Kildeer, Ill.), Jackson Kamedulski (Chicago), James Reynold Richter (Chicago), Daniel R. Kish (Chicago), Elizabeth Ann Monk (Chicago) and Jay R. Johnson (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clamping pipe restraint for a conduit. The pipe restraint has an end clamp with a body having an inner surface surrounding an outer surface of a pipe. A plurality of teeth are formed on the inner surface and engage with the outer surface of the pipe. The plurality of teeth include t...