ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,019, issued on Aug. 11.
"Thermal barrier for sliding glass door openings" was invented by Joseph Jude Ferraro (Peabody, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermal barrier for sealing an air gap opening in a sliding door structure. The thermal barrier has an elongate base sealing member and an elongate raised sealing member, both formed of resiliently compressible, insulative material, fixed together over the lengths thereof. An insertion portion of the base sealing member extends beyond the raised sealing member and is inserted into the air gap opening between a trailing edge of a first, sliding door and the surface of a second d...