US Patent Issued to US Conec on April 14 for "Flexible push-pull boot with a transition member" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,879, issued on April 14, was assigned to US Conec Ltd. (Hickory, N.C.).

"Flexible push-pull boot with a transition member" was invented by Mitchell Cloud (Hickory, N.C.), Craig M. Conrad (Hickory, N.C.) and Darrell R. Childers (Hickory, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flexible push-pull boot extends between a front end and a rear end, a rear portion has a spine and a plurality of ribs extending from the rear end toward the front end. There is also a middle portion from which a plurality of front extensions extend. At least one of the front extensions has an inwardly extending projection on an inside portion of the front extens...