ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 1 -- United States Patent no. 11,971,133, issued on April 30, was assigned to IronBrander Corp..

"Width-adjustable support stand" was invented by Henry Eduarde (Nanaimo, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A width-adjustable support stand has two leg pairs, each composed of two legs interconnected by a length-adjustable cross-rail. Each cross-rail features a pair of rail stubs that are attached to inner sides of the two legs and are telescopically received in hollow cavities of a rail hub at opposing ends thereof. Each rail stub has a pair of slide guides engaged with corresponding slide guides on opposing internal walls of the respective hollow cavity, and also has upp...