ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,392, issued on July 21, was assigned to A-Team Constructions LLC (San Antonio).
"Tool for leveling and aligning suspended ceiling rails" was invented by Jorge Almaguer (San Antonio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for attaching an alignment string to a wall angle during an installation of a suspended ceiling includes a right-angle bracket formed of a first plate and a second plate attached along an edge. Two magnets are embedded in a top surface of the first plate, permitting the top surface to be selectively attached firmly to a wall angle during a suspended ceiling installation and then easily disconnected from the wall ...