US Patent Issued to Columbia Insurance on May 26 for "Devices, systems, and methods for testing surface covering materials" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,638,378, issued on May 26, was assigned to Columbia Insurance Co. (Omaha, Neb.).

"Devices, systems, and methods for testing surface covering materials" was invented by Jordan Deurloo (Dalton, Ga.), Anthony Drevet (Dalton, Ga.) and Chris Burns (Dalton, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus can comprise a basin that is configured to hold water. A heating source can be configured to heat the water in the basin to a temperature within a select range. A water-permeable substrate can extend across an upper surface of the basin, the water-permeable substrate simulating a subfloor (or other material upon which a covering material is pos...