ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,197, issued on Dec. 23.
"Duct alignment and securement system" was invented by Hiram Rodriguez (Saint Cloud, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A duct alignment and securement system includes a guide device having a first alignment channel for engaging a pair of flanges on adjacent air conditioning ducts. Stop tabs extend outward on the top end of the guide body and are separated by a distance that is greater than the width of a drive cleat. A drive cleat tool has a main body, a second alignment channel and a reciprocating saw connector. The width of the tool body is less than the opening on one end of the drive cleat, and two engag...