ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,775, issued on March 3, was assigned to Alpha Aluminum Inc (Orlando, Fla.).
"Locking soffit" was invented by Jose Julio DaSilva (Orlando, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for securing an end of a soffit panel to a structure includes an F-channel that is affixed to the structure. The F-channel includes a mechanism for locking an end of the soffit panel that has an upper hook and a lower hook such that after inserting the end of the soffit panel into the mechanism for locking, the upper hook and the lower hook locks the end of the soffit panel within the F-channel."
The patent was filed on Feb. 17, 2025, under Application ...