US Patent Issued on June 2 for "Access panel and method of manufacture" (Virginia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,278, issued on June 2.

"Access panel and method of manufacture" was invented by Gabriel Williams (Winchester, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An access panel system for providing access into a space behind a surface, such as a ceiling, is disclosed. The system comprises an access panel frame adapted to be disposed in a corresponding opening in the surface, the frame formed from a first sheet of drywall, the access panel frame having an upper frame surface, a lower frame surface and a frame opening, the frame opening formed by milling a section from the sheet of drywall. The system further comprises an access panel formed from a sec...