ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,011, issued on April 21, was assigned to ARLU NV (Ardooie, Belgium).

"Fixing device for mounting wall elements for constructing a wall" was invented by Benjamin Joost De Frene (Waregem, Belgium), Michel Stefan Lefevre (Roeselare, Belgium), Lander Herreman (Kortrijk, Belgium), Alexander Pauwels (Kortrijk, Belgium), Tom Houthoofd (Roeselare-beveren, Belgium) and Jean-Michel Philippe Jean-Paul Buess (Bruges, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fixing device for mounting wall elements for constructing a wall, includes: a support profile, A securing element which is designed to extend between the wall elements and can be twisted rel...