ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,740, issued on July 28, was assigned to ARNOLD JAGER HOLDING GMBH (Hannover, Germany).

"Elongate seal for slide out rooms" was invented by Jason Cackley (South Bend, Ind.), Leon Bogucki (Rolling Prairie, Ind.), Makoto Sato (Michigan City, Ind.) and Ray Young (Wanatah, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An elongated seal comprises a base having an upper side and a lower side. Further, a bulb portion is integrally connected to the base. Further a wiper extends co-linearly to the base, wherein the wiper is integrally connected to the base via its proximal end being opposite to a distal end of the wiper. In addition, locating leg extend...