ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,862, issued on May 6.
"Support for sealing around a building penetration" was invented by Gabe Coscarella (Edmonton, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of sealing around a penetration that extends out of a wall of a building with structural members separated by spaces. A weather barrier is installed across the structural members of the wall such that the weather barrier defines a wall surface and the penetration extends past the wall surface. A backer support is installed behind the weather barrier and adjacent to the penetration. The penetration is sealed to the weather barrier by applying a sealing material around the p...