ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,158, issued on March 3.

"Insert for reducing movement and vibration" was invented by Simon Wehr (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tiered, wedge-shaped insert for reducing noise and/or vibration caused by a first surface contacting a second surface, the insert having at least one upper body portion forming a top surface of the insert, one or more middle body portions, each body portion have a pair of ledges that extend along opposed front and rear surfaces of the insert, and a wedge-shaped tip, wherein the middle body portions are disposed between the upper portion and the tip. A generally wedge-shaped inse...