ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,997, issued on June 30.
"Moulding tray for manufacturing slabs made of agglomerate material, method for realizing such moulding tray and method for manufacturing slabs made of agglomerate material" was invented by Dario Toncelli (Bassano del Grappa, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Moulding tray (1) for manufacturing slabs of agglomerate material from a mix, comprising a base portion (2) and a rim portion (4) designed to define a cavity (6) for containing the mix. The rim portion (4) is made of elastomeric material and the base portion (2) comprises at least one surface layer (8A) made of elastomeric material and at least one fab...