ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,712, issued on July 28.
"Seal plate" was invented by Luis A. Miranda (Mission, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seal plate assembly designed to quickly install and fully cover floor openings on a scaffold deck. The present invention includes at least one plate A and at least one bracket. The at least one plate A covers the floor opening, and the at least one bracket removably attaches the at least one plate A to the scaffold deck. Each plate A includes a slotted aperture designed to attach to the top of a bracket. This arrangement makes it easy to install, as the user simply slides the top of the bracket across the slotted aper...