ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,541, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Alabama Metal Industries Corp. (Birmingham, Ala.).
"Self-adhering bead device" was invented by Gary George Baltz Jr. (Mountain Brook, Ala.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A casing bead includes a base panel that, with the casing bead mounted at a vertical wall structure, is disposed along the vertical wall structure. A stop bead wall extends from an edge region of the base panel and includes a first side facing the base panel, an opposite second side and a flange extending from the first side and partially over the base panel. A flexible spacing element is disposed at the second side of the stop...